ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu has vowed to reform the Nigerian Police Force for efficiency if elected president president in 2023.
The former Governor of Lagos State promised to also free Police Officers from being security or orderlies for Very Important Persons.
According to The Punch, Tinubu added that Police personnel on such duties would be replaced by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officers.
Top on the Tinubu’s priority lists of action plans was national security, economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation and education, a manifesto obtained on Friday states.
The Jagaban of Borgu said: “We shall boost the public confidence in the Nigeria Police Force and other internal security agencies by increasing recruitment and providing high-tech, non-lethal equipment with corresponding manpower development schemes.
“Police reform will be focused on positioning the institution to better deliver on its primary duties of community policing and maintaining law and order through crime fighting and prevention.
“Police personnel will be freed from extraneous duties such as VIP security and guard duties. VIP Security and provision of security for government buildings, installations and other critical assets will be transferred to The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
“The NSCDC shall be evaluated and reformed to be better integrated with our internal security apparatus.”