The Nigerian Senate today passed the Nigerian
Police Trust Fund Bill (HB 1583). Senate President,
Bukola Saraki, last week, promised the Inspector
General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar Adamu,
that the Senate would fast-track its work on both
the Police Trust Fund Bill and the Police Reform Bill.
Reacting to the Senate’s passage of the Bill, which
has also been passed by the House of
Representatives, Saraki said

“By passing this bill, we will be creating big strides towards providing and improving security and the policing in our country. One of the major concerns has always been the issue of funding. We believe that this bill will provide the funding needed for training and recruitment. I am confident that by the time we lay the report on the Police Reform Bill, we
would have gone a long way in moving the police in the right direction''.

The Police Trust Fund Bill aims to provide a legal
framework for the management and control of the
special intervention funds established under the Act
for the training of personnel of the Nigeria Police
Force.


The Trust Fund will also be utilised to enhance the
skills of the personnel of the Police, in order to
ensure their efficiency, overall performance, and
constant improvement while they perform their
duties.


In addition to this, the Trust Fund will be used to
ensure that the Nigeria Police Force has the
necessary operational equipment, instructional
materials, police stations and living quarters.
The Bill will now be transmitted to President
Muhammadu Buhari for his assent.

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