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I’m Committed To Ensuring Battle-Ready Police Force –Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his administration’s commitment to ensuring a battle-ready police force in the areas of combating crime and prevention.
Tinubu made this statement on Saturday while inaugurating 478 graduates of the 6th Regular Course Cadet, RCC of the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, in Kano State.
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Represented by his Vice, Kashim Shettima, the President said he is working to provide equipment and logistics for the Police Force to ensure they are equipped and also improve their services.
“Our administration remains steadfast to ensure that our police force is equipped to ensure crime prevention and fights in order to safeguard our country.
“We are working to provide vehicles, gadgets, and other logistics to the Force to combat crime,” he assured.
Tinubu also stated that his administration is working assiduously toward improvement of the welfare of police personnel, noting that it will spur them in their duty of protecting the lives and properties of citizens.
He further called on the cadets to serve Nigeria with honour, courage, and compassion, saying, “As you graduate, you should remember that you are ambassadors of the Nigerian Police Force, serving with passion and respect for fundamental human rights.
“I urge you to serve with honour, courage, and compassion,” President Tinubu stated.
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Speaking earlier, the Commandant of the Police Academy Wudil, AIG Sadiq Abubakar, revealed that out of the 478 cadets, seven graduated with first-class honours and 128 with upper second-class honours.
He added that the academy is set to commence degree programmes in criminology, security and education, adding that it is working towards establishment of faculty of engineering.
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