The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress presidential (APC), Bola Tinubu, has promised to transform the police and reposition them for better efficiency if elected as president next year.
One of the ways of achieving this is by freeing police officers from being security or orderlies for Very Important Personalities.
Instead, the personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officers will be deployed for such duties.
The Punch gleaned this from the manifesto of the candidate released on Thursday.
According to the newspaper, top on Tinubu’s priority list of action plans was national security, economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation and education.
The 80-page document, containing multi-sectoral policy options, was tagged “Renewed Hope 2023 – Action Plan for a Better Nigeria.”
On police reform, Tinubu said, “We shall boost the public confidence in the Nigeria Police Force and other internal security agencies by increasing recruitment and providing high-tech, non-lethal equipment with corresponding manpower development schemes.
“Police reform will be focused on positioning the institution to better deliver on its primary duties of community policing and maintaining law and order through crime fighting and prevention.
