President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday, set up a special committee to take a look at and work on all the gaps in the nation’s legal statutes from 1999 till date.
Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the confirmation of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, by the National Police Council.
Mohammed, who lauded the choice of Egbetokun as IGP, said the council’s meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, and the confirmation process led to extended deliberations concerning the Nigeria Police Force.
He said the committee consisted of the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam, the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, all collaborating on a shared reform agenda to ensure comprehensive overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force.
He said: “The confirmation of the IGP prompted further discussion on the Nigeria Police Force and the President has formed a special committee to look at all the gaps in Nigeria’s 1999 constitution with a view to bring harmony and synergy, closing technology and manpower to the Nigerian Police Force.
“The committee comprises Minister of Police Affairs, NSA, Chairman of PSC and the chairman of the NGF to work on common on reform agenda with a view to make sure that the Nigeria Police is reformed.”
Also speaking on the confirmation of the IGP, the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, said the National Police Council observed that no meaningful reforms had taken place in the Nigerian Police Force since its creation in 1861.
The governor added that the new committee would come up with ideas that would lead to reforms of the Nigerian Police Force.
