The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has sought the assistance of the Police Trust Fund in the rehabilitation of dilapidated police barracks across the country.<\/p>\n
The IGP, who stated this when a delegation of the PTF visited him in Abuja on Tuesday, further solicited the support of the agency in the housing challenges facing the police.<\/p>\n
Baba also urged the trust fund to assist the police in training and provision of equipment for better policing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need your support in the various areas I have enumerated,\u201d the police boss said.<\/p>\n
Speaking earlier, the leader of the delegation and Secretary of the Fund, Alhaji Aliyu Sokoto said the Fund was ready to assist the police in achieving their vision.<\/p>\n
He further said Nigerians would begin to feel the impact of the Fund after the signing of the N74 billion 2021 budget currently before the national assembly.<\/p>\n
The secretary, who is also the chief executive officer of the Fund, promised to assist the police in the purchase of equipment, welfare and other areas.<\/p>\n
The PTF was set up to cater for police needs such as training, and the overall improvement of personnel of the Nigeria Police Force in the discharge of their duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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