L –R , Sultan of Sokoto , Sa’ad Abubakar III ; President Muhammadu
Buhari and the Inspector General of Police , Mr. Solomon Arase at the
National Security Summit held at the International Conference Center,
Abuja …monday. Photo: GODWIN OMOIGUI
- To set up Anti-Terrorism agency
- To install CCTV in most cities
Yemi Akinsuyi in Abuja 

Determined to wrest the nation from the hands of insurgents and other kinds of criminals, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the federal government will recruit 10,000 policemen and thereafter establish a properly trained and
equipped federal anti-terrorism multi-agency task
force that will effectively tackle the challenge of insurgency in the
future.Determined to wrest the nation from the hands of insurgents and other kinds of criminals, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the federal government will recruit 10,000 policemen and thereafter establish a properly trained and
Speaking at the National Security Summit on Community Partnership
Approach to Internal Security and Crime Management, organised by the
Nigeria Police in Abuja, monday, the president stated that the
government was also considering the expansion of the Close Circuit
Television (CCTV) monitoring system across major cities and towns in the
country.
The president noted that effective policing is dependent on the level
of security-consciousness of the citizens and the strength of the
understanding that exists between the policing agencies and the
community.
This, he said, explains why no police force in the world no matter how
well motivated, equipped and trained can successfully operate without
the acceptance and support of the various communities.
Buhari stressed the need for community input to policing and crime
management in the country in view of the current security challenges in
which kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, transnational crimes, terrorism
and other organised crimes have evolved to threaten the national values
and overall progress as a nation.
Stating that unemployment, illiteracy, radicalisation, negative peer
group influence, substance abuse and erosion of family and moral values
are social factors that underlie criminal tendencies, the president
averred that the task of addressing these challenges is that of parents,
teachers, community and the state.
He said: "It is acknowledgement of this that I have identified youth
empowerment, as one of the cardinal objectives of our administration. In
furtherance to this, the federal government is planning to employ at
least an extra 10,000 police officers and establish a properly trained
and equipped federal anti-terrorism multi agency task force that will
effectively address the challenge of future insurgency in a sustainable
manner.
"In the meantime, efforts are being made to enhance the operational
capacity of officers of the Nigeria police through a tailor-made
training programme that will give them the right civil orientation in
their roles as guardians of the constitution."
In appreciation of the strategic roles of the citizens and the
community in modern policing, the president stated that his
administration would encourage states to look at state-level community
interaction with police under a model that would integrate members of
the community to policing functions at the grassroots level.
He commended the police leadership for dismantling roadblocks and deploying policemen in the highway to protect Nigerians.
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Solomon Arase, called for
adequate funding of the Nigeria Police to ensure operational efficiency,
stressing that it is only through adequate funding that the huge
logistics demand of the police can be met.
Arase noted that modern policing is a cost-intensive venture wherein
the benefits far outweigh the value of budgetary investment.
“Through effective funding, the welfare needs of police personnel will be met and the challenge of corruption that has eroded professionalism and public respect for police will be addressed,” he said.
“Through effective funding, the welfare needs of police personnel will be met and the challenge of corruption that has eroded professionalism and public respect for police will be addressed,” he said.
He called for the resuscitation and passage of the Bill on Police Trust
Fund pending before the National Assembly to give effect to
public-police partnership.
The bill seeks to tax corporate entities to complement the federal government in funding the police.
Arase maintained that if passed, the funding challenges of the police
would have been addressed on a sustainable basis, insisting that the
security challenges in the country and inadequate manpower would be best
addressed through citizens-driven policing model.
In a key note address, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar,
advised Buhari to prosecute all those found guilty of corruption.
"We are 100 per cent in support of your fight against corruption in
this country, and it is our belief that all those found guilty should
not only have their entire assets seized or and forfeited to government
but also face jail sentences," he said.
He called on the federal government to institute a national integrity
plan as soon as posssible even as he challenged the police and other
security agencies to support the anti-corruption crusade of the
government.
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