President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the establishment of a southern campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
This was contained in a press statement signed yesterday by Ikharo Attah, special adviser, Media and Communications to the minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa.
According to him, the minister said President Tinubu remains committed to repositioning and transforming the Nigerian Police through the education sector by upgrading the police academy and other police institutions across the country.
Alausa stated this when the inspector-general of police (IGP) Tunji Disu, led his predecessor of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and some top police officers to his office for a meeting on the academy with a view to setting up its southern campus.
The minister pointed out that the police were doing much for the country and should be encouraged by all to perform and succeed to the best of their ability.
“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.”
Attah added that the 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 September and November, 2026.
The capacity of the over 42 police colleges across the country was discussed with the intention of turning 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.
“There 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 the 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 finalized the discussion on the setting up of the southern campus of the Police Academy, and the overall intent, among 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 set up three committees to be chaired by the executive secretary of the NUC, the AIG of 20 AIG, and the Police College.
There is also a committee to improve capacity at the Police College, which Mohammed and the NBTE Chair will chair.
The third committee is on the infrastructure and physical development of the Police Academy community’s south campus. It is chaired by the Executive Secretary of TETFund and the AIG.
On her part, Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Said Ahmed, lauded the President’s initiative 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 across all sectors of human endeavour, including the police.
