US EditionNigeria: Mixed Reactions Greet IGP Disu's Inauguration of Panel On State Police
The eight-member committee will review policing models and propose a framework for state policing amid Nigeria's evolving security challenges, aiming to enhance operational capacity.
- On Wednesday, the Acting Inspector‑General of Police, Tunji Disu, inaugurated an eight‑member committee to drive State Police implementation and craft a new policing vision in Nigeria.
- Amid evolving security challenges, Disu moved to establish a committee signaling concrete steps toward decentralised policing and addressing Nigeria's internal security and community needs.
- Tasked with practical work, the committee will review existing policing models, assess community security needs, and address recruitment, training, resource allocation, accountability, and oversight.
- He reassured officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force that their constitutional role remains intact and charged the committee to act with professionalism, objectivity, diligence and patriotism.
- If carefully designed, decentralised policing could provide benefits that the IGP says may improve recruitment, training, resource allocation and accountability, shaping the future of policing in Nigeria.
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IGP Disu inaugurates committee for implementation of state police
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