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Senate Invites Aregbesola, Dingyadi Over ‘Deteriorating State’ Of Police Colleges

The Senate on Tuesday resolved to invite Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, and the Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi over the deteriorating conditions of police colleges across the country.

The resolution was reached after the lawmakers resumed their first plenary following resumption from annual recess.

This was disclosed in a statement signed on Tuesday by Ezrel Tabiowo, the Special Assistant (Press) to the President of the Senate.

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The motion was sponsored during plenary by Senator Barinada Mpigi (PDP, Rivers South East) and nine other lawmakers.

They urged the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to as a matter of urgent national security intervene in the deteriorating condition of the Police College in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

It also urged the Police Service Commission to take adequate measures and inventory of police colleges in the nation to ensure that the standard meets acceptable global limits for efficient policing.

In his motion, Senator Mpigi while highlighting the role of the police in the provision of security, noted that the establishment of police colleges was for the purpose of training effective police officers for the prevention and detection of crimes.

He said, “The Police College, existing in Tai local government area of Rivers State, which serves for the training of police officers across the nation, has been virtually abandoned and at the brink of collapse. Poor staffing management and other facilities make the college unfit for habitation.”

The lawmaker warned that the poor state had made the college to become a dilapidated facility that lowers the morale of trainees.

Ronke Sanya Idowu

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