By Dipo Olowookere

Former Commissioner of Police in Lagos and Benue States, Mr Fatai Owoseni, has disclosed that what an average police station in Nigeria gets as allocation per quarter for its operations is not more than N30,000, amounting to N10,000 per month.

Mr Owoseni, who retired from the police force in December 2018, made this disclosure in the early hours of Monday, February 25, 2019.

The retired cop was a guest on Channels Television’s popular election programme, The Verdict, which was monitored by Business Post.

Speaking on the pathetic nature of things at the security agency, the former Commissioner said the poor funding has made it impossible for the police to perform well like they do when on foreign missions.

“What an average police station receive as allocation is not more than N30,000 per quarter. How do you want them to perform excellently well?” he asked on the programme.

“Yes, I was a Commissioner of Police in Lagos and before then, I was in the Operations at the Force Headquarters and I know how the funding of the police is.

“Sometimes, the N30,000 allocation for the first quarter of the year may not come until the third quarter; that is the condition the police operates under.

“Let me make it clear that this is not a case of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) embezzling the money, but it is what is allocated to the police by the government.

“When you take what is budgeted to the Force to the police stations in the country, what gets to each is just too small to work with.

“This is making enforcement of law very difficult in the country. Nigeria is the most difficult place in the world to enforce any law. I want anybody to challenge me on this.

“When it comes to investigation and prosecution of cases in this country, the police spends a lot of time to investigate a case and when it comes to prosecution, because the law says you must prove beyond reasonable doubt, your key witness will run away and when your principal witnesses are not available, there is nothing much a policeman can do,” the former police chief said.

https://businesspost.ng/2019/02/25/average-police-station-in-nigeria-gets-n30000-per-quarter-as-allocation-owoseni/

Meanwhile moblization of one police van is #100,000. Nor be today we start to hear all sorts of lies from public officials

SHAME TO THE NIGERIAN STATE

That money has been issued but unfortunately Lalasticlala snakes have eaten it.

We only have laws on paper. Nothing is working.

This is unthinkable.

30,000 for each cop or police station?
I am not understanding o.

This country self.

Little wonder they can't do without collecting 100 bucks from bus drivers.



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What the Ex-cop ve said Is 101% truth..

This sum can't even fuel 1 patrol van for a month talkless repairs or office stationaries which re bought..


The Federal govt came out last year to inform the world of an enhanced police salary package, only for these officers to get an increment of 5-10k increment just last week..

Each day we keep bashing the police not realizing they re performing above what the govt ill-intentioned for them..

This is shameful. How can you fight corruption with this when the institutions encourage it.

U don't mean it

Now I know why police will never be our friend

What are they doing with bail money and other criminally acquired money? ... 30k is enough. Those guys are too corrupt to be given any money above that.

otipoju:
That money has been issued but unfortunately Lalasticlala snakes have eaten it.

Oponu.

This is why bail is not free in Nigeria.

handsomeyinka:

Oponu.

Your papa dey crase? Abi na your mama na im.becile.. Tell us make we know. Alayebaje. Ko ni ragba fun awon iran diran ee. Shey na the Maryland wey you dey na him dey shack your father ni?

This makes no sense.

Offpoint:
What are they doing with bail money and other criminally acquired money? ... 30k is enough. Those guys are too corrupt to be given any money above that.

thank you

This is very very very very very bad

the police force should be privatised!

they'll fuel gen and vehicles, internet, stationaries etc.

But an average police station makes way more than 30k per day from bail...

Bail money na ×1000000000000 oooo

otipoju:


Your papa dey crase? Abi na your mama na im.becile.. Tell us make we know. Alayebaje. Ko ni ragba fun awon iran diran ee. Shey na maryland dey shack your father?

kilode!!! This is too much na

Elchappo:
What the Ex-cop ve said Is 101% truth..

This sum can't even fuel 1 patrol van for a month talkless repairs or office stationaries which re bought..


The Federal govt came out last year to inform the world of an enhanced police salary package, only for these officers to get an increment of 5-10k increment just last week..

Each day we keep bashing the police not realizing they re performing above what the govt ill-intentioned for them..

Can someone confirm this statement please.

Nawa

...we can't possibly blame them for taking bribes anymore. Rubbish!

"Bail is free, The police is your friend! "

Perfectdanny:


Can someone confirm this statement please.

It's absolutely true.
The figures posted online is Annual Rent subsidy increment. So, the figure will be divide by 12 and added to the previous salary to make d new Salary.
So lower rank got increment of just 5k while dem ogas from AIG got upto 100k increment

In a country where only one governor pocketed N200 million as security vote. I think Oyinbo should come and re-colonized Nigeria.