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POLICE REFORM IN NIGERIA; THE WAY

FORWARD85

By chinweike

Police reform and security beef up in Nigeria

has been on the lips of all and sundry for the

last ten years or there about with little or

nothing to show for it.

Police in Nigeria are not living up to their

expectations and this failure to meet up withthe responsibility of policing in a society has

been directly linked to under funding and

corruption. I wrote this article as my

contribution for this year’s public servants

day. In this hub are some suggestions on how to move the Nigeria police force forward

HOW TO MOVE THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE FORWARD

Adequate funding: funding is one of the major problems of the Nigeria police force. Lack of

funding has too many implications ranging from encouragement of corruption and inability to

acquire necessary policing security equipment. If the government can inject the right amount

of money into funding the Nigeria police force, then there may be hope in the quest for the

police reform. Imagine what a police officer who is under paid will do when he is given bribe.Mass illiteracy is a major problem in the Nigeria police force.

Provision of facilities (communication, forensic tools, cars, etc): success in the

preceding point should ensure that facilities such as the latest communication gadgets, crime

fighting equipment, forensic tools, softwares for data analysis, etc. Nigeria police force will

be much more vibrant if these facilities are provided to the Nigeria police force.

Training: training is what the Nigeria police force needs to after all the above is made

available. Yes, you need properly trained men to handle equipment. You will still not get the

desired result even if you have the most sophisticated equipment. It is annoying to

understand that average Nigerian policemen do not know how to make use of basic

computer program or how to pull a trigger when the need arise.

Absenting from partisan politics: playing partisan politic is a dangerous game for the

members of the Nigeria police force. You cannot expect a person with interior motive to be

fair in their dealings when they have interest in politics. For the Nigeria police force to be

effective, they should totally absent themselves from politics of any kind.

Recruitment of qualified personnel: recruitment into the Nigeria police force should be

strictly based on merit and qualification. You cannot recruit unqualified people into the Nigeria

police force and expect to effectively curb crime. I know people of questionable character that

are recruited into the Nigeria police. Until this method of recruitment is changed, you cannot

get what you expect from the police as law enforcement agents.DO YOU KNOW THE CONTENT OF THE NIGERIA POLICE ACT?

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Creation of public awareness on the provision of The Police Act: it is sad to note that a

lot of Nigerians do not know the provision of the Act that governs the police. This explains

why a police man would just molest anybody on the street because it is obvious that we do

not know what the law says concerning our right as citizens of this great country Nigeria.

Remember that ignotant of the law is not an excuse. The law is there for you to get yourself

acquinted to it.

I strongly believe that if all the above steps and some other suggestions that are everywhere

are implemented, Nigeria police reform will not go like most other reform projects that have

been embarked upon by past administration. President Goodluck Jonathan should live up to

his name and bring in some goodluck into every facets of governance. Together, we must

move Nigeria forward.

Long live Nigeria!

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