Adesina, in a statement on Tuesday, said the interventions had imparted on nearly all sectors of the national landscape.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Presidency, in a 90-page special write-up at the weekend, listed the achievements of the Buhari administration in the last eight years.
Adesina said the Community Policing Officers were to serve as liaisons between the police and their local communities and to assist in intelligence gathering.NYSC Portal
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According to him, the administration, in June 2019, signed the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Bill, establishing the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, into law. He noted that the idea was to mobilise financing and resources to equip the police and improve their welfare.
Adesina noted that the president, in September 2020, assented to the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020; the first fundamental reform of police enabling legislation since the colonial Police Act of 1943. He said the administration also approved the Presidential Roadmap on Police Reform, establishing the Police Reform and Transformation Office (PORTO), in the office of the Chief of Staff (COS) to the President, to coordinate police reforms.
“This team has developed a Presidential Roadmap on Police Reforms which captures the president’s vision for legitimate, accountable, and community-involved policing in Nigeria. The Buhari administration is rolling out the Police Specialised Services Automation Project (Po-SSAP) to block financial leakages and deepen fiscal accountability within the Force.”
Adesina said the administration also granted Presidential approval for the start of Community Policing Initiative nationwide and release of take-off fund. According to him, the Community Policing Initiative has been enshrined into the Police Act, 2020.JAMB Result
The administration also approved the recruitment of 40,000 new police officers, Adesina noted.
