Initiative for Leadership Development and Change (ILDC) has called for adequate funding and training of policemen in Nigeria.
ILDC National Coordinator Ugochukwu Nnam made the call during an interview with newsmen in Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital.
Nnam made the call on the back of the #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killing in Africa’s most populous nation.
According to Nnam, training and retraining of police personnel is key to improving the relationship between the force and the people.
‘I do not see why our police cannot be treated equally with the staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN]’, he said.
‘The police to me is more important than the staff of the CBN because the money cannot be safe without the police.
‘I do not see anything wrong in sending our constables to Europe or America for training, the same way some CBN staff are sent for training.
‘Our policemen are not well trained, not well paid, they fuel their cars themselves, they do not live and operate in conducive houses or offices’.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the upward review of the salary of police operatives.
Source: Naija247News
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