Police signs training pact with US State Department, receives guidelines from DFID

The Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding,(MoU) with US Department of States Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement.
The development is part of comprehensive measures geared towards tackling emerging crimes, strengthening the criminal justice system and improving the capacity of officers in the area of technologies, new policing concepts and practices as well as effectively tackling the issues of insurgency confronting the nation especially in the North-Eastern part of the country.
The MoU was executed by the Inspector-General of Police,Mohammed Abubakar, and the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James F. Entwistle on behalf of the Nigeria Police Force and the US Government respectively.
In his remarks, the Ambassador noted that the Police Force would benefit from the International Police Education and Training Programme run by the US authorities with funding from the US Department.
He also noted that the training pact would help to improve and modernize police training in Nigeria and bring about a well trained Nigeria Police dedicated to the highest standards of ethical conduct, proficiency in law enforcement, support and build on efforts of Nigeria Police to implement a sustainable development.
In a related development, the IG also received officials of the Department for International Development, (DFID) at Abuja, who did a formal presentation of strategic guidelines on counter-terrorism and eight other core areas of policing to the Nigeria Police Force which include counter-terrorism, integrated intelligence, community-policing, fleet management, human resource management, diversity, use of force, public relations and media.
Speaking at the occasion, the IGP stated that the opportunity provided by the international Police education and training programme must be harnessed to increase the capabilities of the Nigeria Police, particularly now that the country is battling the menace of terrorism and equally preparing for general elections in 2015.
He restated his commitment to continue to drive reforms and strategic transformation of the Force in order to reposition it for better service delivery.
He enjoined all Police officers to key into the ongoing positive wind of change.

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