The
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris yesterday said that the police
force under his administration will recruits 31,000 officers yearly for the
next five
years to effectively fight crimes in the country.
Idris said
the exercise would enable the agency to meet up with the United Nations (UN)
standard of one policeman per four persons in every part of the country.
The IG gave
the hint at the commissioning of the new Nasarawa State police command
headquarters on Shendam Road, Lafia.
Nigeria
Police Force is operating far below the United Nations standard of policing and
in view of this, we are working towards recruiting 31,000 police every year in
the next five years.
“Even at
that, we need government’s and the people’s cooperation to effectively fight
crime to a very low level. The press must join us to publicize our idea in
crime fight,” he stated.
Speaking,
Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura called on the IGP to raise the standard
requirement in the recruitment of candidates to certain level above what it is
presently.
He also
urged the police force to facilitate capacity building to handle the increasing
crimes in the society and the new trend of criminal advancement.
The state
commissioner of Police, Sediq Abubarkar, in his welcome address, thanked
Almakura for building the new office for effective operation of officers.
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