The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has promised to reform the Nigerian Police Force if elected next year as the Nigerian president.
Tinubu said he would free police officers from being security orderlies for Very Important Personalities.
He added that police officers on such duties would be replaced by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
This is contained in the presidential candidate’s 80-page policy document highlighting his eight-point agenda.
As stated in the manifesto, Tinubu’s agenda includes national security, the economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation, and education.
On police reform, Tinubu said his government would focus on positioning the force to deliver its responsibilities better.
“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 better integrate with our internal security apparatus,” Tinubu said.
The former governor of Lagos also promised to continue the massive Social Investment Programmes of the Buhari administration.
To provide jobs for the youth, Tinubu promised huge investments in sports, entertainment, culture, youth empowerment, and entrepreneurship.
REPORTERS AT LARGE earlier reported that Tinubu, in the forward of his manifesto, said he and Kashim Shettima, his running mate, plan to promote a society based on shared prosperity, tolerance, and compassion.
