The Federal government inaugurates panel to investigate the dead state in Police Colleges

 

The usual setting up committees is here again, lol.
Well the public outcry over the state of Police College in Ikeja has compelled the Federal Government to institute an 11-man committee to probe the decay of such facility across the country.
The committee which has one week to submit its report is expected to ascertain the amount of money appropriated for the police to renovate and upgrade the police institutions between 2009 and 2012.
The probe team raised by the Minister of Police Affairs ,Omoniyi Olubolabe, is headed by the Director of Special duties in the ministry, Mr E A Bature.
Members of the committee are: Rep. of NPF (Vice Chairman); Director, Finance and Account-Member, Director, PID (Member); Director, PSD (Member), 3 Representatives of NPF (Members); Legal Adviser (Member); Head of Budget Division (Member); Head of Internal Audit (Member); Head of External Audit (Member); and Secretary – PRS.

The committee’s term of reference are:
•To ascertain the amount of funds appropriated by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the NPF for renovations/upgrade of the Nigeria Police Institutions between 2009 and 2012 and total donations received in the period under review.

•To examine the budget proposed/appropriated by NPF for the Training Institutions between 2009 and 2012
•To verify the utilisation of the appropriation to the NPF for the upgrade of facilities in the following Police Training Institutions.
•Detective College Enugu;
•PMF Training Schools Gwoza and
•Illa Oragun, ATS Training School, Nonwa Tai;
•Police Colleges Ikeja, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Oji-River, PTS Iperu.
•To ascertain if the Heads of the NPF Formations were regularly updating the NPF Management on the conditions of the Institutions between 2009 – 2012 and what actions were taken by the Management of NPF sequel to such;
•To examine the design and capacity of the institutions vis-à-vis the current number of intakes;
•To examine the current condition of infrastructure in all the NPF training institutions and make appropriate recommendations to Government;
•To consider any other matter relevant.
Meanwhile the minister has said his ministry and the police management team will find a solution to the decay of the Force’ infrastructures.