The inspector general of police, IGP Solomon Arase, has said that the Nigeria Police Force is making moves to get approval for funding to recruit more Nigerians into the force.Arase gave this indication yesterday during a world media briefing to announce the Force’s forthcoming National Summit on Security, put together in conjunction with the Sun Newspapers.According to Arase who was represented by the force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Nigerians desire a mass recruitment of personnel to bridge the huge deficit of police personnel to secure a country estimated at 180million people.Ojukwu, however, pointed out that although the summit would address mostly issues affecting the police, the aim of the summit is to drum it into the people that every Nigerian has a role to play in policing the country.Arase said, “We are making moves to have approval for funding to embark on recruitment. Recruitment is good for everybody; it will help the general system. So many youths who are not employed can be recruited and the more number we have, the better.“But the emphasis of this summit is that every Nigerian is actually a policeman; you have a role to play; there is no way you are going to have policemen enough to police the country. There are many issues plaguing this country now and I know that if you solve the security aspect, a lot more will be appropriately dealt with”.In another development, the Nigeria Police renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the authorities of a private university, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State.According to a statement by Ojukwu, the renewal became necessary due to the desire of the police boss to equip police officers with surpassing knowledge that will put them ahead ofcriminals, in fields such as intelligence and security studies.

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