POLICE LEADERSHIP MOVES TO REVAMP TRAINING COLLEGES IN ENUGU

REPORTER: CHRISTIAN NWANGENE

The Federal Government is to embark on massive upgrade of facilities at Police Detective College Enugu to enable it to deliver optimally on its mandate as Africa’s premier detective school.

Work will also commence immediately at Nigeria Police College, Oji-River.

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, Alhaji Mohammad Sheidu, announced this during an inspection of facilities at the Colleges.

He said the upgrade would significantly reposition the institutions, which had suffered neglect and deterioration in terms of basic infrastructure and equipment.

Alhaji Sheidu stated that the intervention was part of the commitment of the government to equip the Nigeria Police and improve the welfare of personnel to ensure they protect and serve Nigerians effectively.

“One of the reasons why we are here is to actually increase and help the structures of the facility. 

“Basically to see how we can empower and make sure that the situation, living conditions and the training condition of the personnel that will come out here are actually upgraded. 

“What needs to be done, what needs to be worked on, that is basically why we are here,” he said.

The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of Department of Training And Development, Mr. Frank Mba, said that with the commitment of the Executive Secretary to infrastructural and personnel reforms, Nigerians would soon witness significant changes at the Police Detective College Enugu and the Police College in Oji-River.

Mr. Mba described the Police Detective College Enugu as a premier Police Detective College that “trains not just Nigeria police officers but others from West Africa sub region,” adding that the lost glory of the institution would be restored.

He equally said that the Nigeria Police College, Oji-River is one the four premier police colleges in Nigeria.

The DIG said that the inspection of facilities at the Colleges was the first step towards ensuring its turn around.

“We are happy to be here because this is the first step towards the big things, the positive things that are going to be happening here at the Police Detective College. 

“This College has been the premier detective college in Nigeria, not just in Nigeria but some parts of West African countries.  This school has a history of training other police detectives from the armed forces and law enforcement agencies in Nigeria and it is that lost glory that we intend to restore.

“So, our mission today is to have a holistic inspection of the school, and in line with the Renewed Hope Initiative of the President and the mission and the vision of the IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, to work with the agency that is statutorily charged with making this kind of positive intervention which is the Police Trust Fund.

“Our mission is also to see how we can fix all the challenges within the school and bring it at par with the international level and make this school the pride of the police and Africa,” the DIG remarked.

Mr. Mba said that soon Nigerians would see changes in the premier Police institutions.

“We are more positive than ever before that this time around, the country will see changes and police officers will have reason to be proud of the agency they belong to and Nigerians will at the end of the day feel the multiplier effect of the changes that will happen at the College,” Mr. Mba stated.

Radio Nigeria also observed that the Executive Secretary and his team also inspected facilities at Police Clinic, Enugu.

EDITED BY CHUKWUBUIKE MADU