10,000 new recruits approved for the Nigeria Police Force annually by the FG to boost security. Read more

The Nigeria Police Force is set to employ 10,000 new recruits yearly after the federal government approved the move in the bid to strengthen the security outfit.

According to Punch, the inspector-general of police Ibrahim Idris confirmed the development and explained that the recruitment was necessary to help the police combat crime in the country.

He said this on Wednesday, February 15 during the monthly IG conference with senior police officers at the Force headquarters, Abuja.

He said: “We can succeed in community policing when we address the ratio of one policeman to 400 citizens. Recruitment of rank and file had been stopped and there is no where you can have an effective police if you don’t have enough policemen to police the population and that is one of the areas we are addressing now.

“This administration has come up with the recruitment of 10,000 police officers and we are going to ensure, because the President has given us approval, every year we are going to address this 10,000 policemen and these strategic issues we need to address to be able to tackle effectively the efficiency of the Nigeria Police Force.”

Idris also urged the National Assembly to quickly pass the security trust fund bill to ensure adequate funding of police operations.

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