Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, remains committed to repositioning and transforming the Nigerian Police through the education sector by ensuring the upgrade of the police academy and other police institutions across the country.
Alausa stated this on Monday in his office when the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Tunji Disu, led the former Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and some top police officers to his office for a meeting on the police academy with a view to setting up the southern campus of the police academy.
In a statement by the Special Adviser (Media and Communications, Ikharo Attah, the minister pointed out that the police are doing much for the country and should be encouraged by all to perform and succeed optimally.
In the words of the minister, “This meeting is in continuation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s agenda to reposition the police to deliver on its core mandate and improve security across the country,”
Discussion centred on the immediate infrastructure design and physical planning of the new police academy campus in Erije, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
Also at the meeting, the minister directed the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) to move quickly and conduct resource verification, noting that the president wants the campus to take off and admit the first set of students between November and September, 2026.
The capacity of the over 42 police colleges across the country was discussed with the intention to turn them into monotechnics.
The minister pointed out that “There is an existing waiver from the president to make them use the techniques, so we are not breaching the seven-year moratorium.
“The was also further conversation with the police on the need to accredit about five to six of those monothenics to do industry-relevant areas of courses that police need to build capacity in.
“ I met with the inspector general of police and former IG and all the leading staff, the VIG of training and the AIG of training as well as the AIG for the Police Academy.
“They finalised discussion on the setting up of the southern campus of the Police Academy, and the whole intent, among several other things, was discussed.
“The second action for the NUC is moving quickly to do resource verification because the intent of the president for the courses is for the university to take off this year and admit the first set of students between September and November of 2026.”
The minister noted that three different committees were set up. These are the resource committee to be chaired by the executive secretary of the NUC and the AIG of 20 AIG and then the Police College.
There is also a commitee on improving capacity in the Police College committee will be chaired by DIG Isyaku Mohammed and Chairs of NBTE. The third committee is on infrastructure and physical development of the south campus of the Police Academy community is being chaired by the Executive secretary of TETFund and the AIG.
On her part, Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Said Ahmed, lauded the initiative of the president to have the campus running while assuring the Inspector-General of police and his delegation of the ministry’s support.
Speaking at the event, inspector-General of police, Mr Tunji Disu, said Education is key to solving problems in all sectors of human endeavors including the police.
He expressed the Force’s determination to “bring courses that would impact personnel directly and national security.
