Governor Lawal pledges support to boost police welfare
Governor Dauda Lawal has pledged support to improve the welfare of police personnel, thereby enhancing their operations.
Mr Lawal said this during a courtesy visit by Mohammed Sheidu, executive secretary of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday.
Mr Lawal said that his administration would collaborate with the fund to improve the welfare of police personnel working in Zamfara.
“My administration is making a conscious effort to ensure the welfare of the police is guaranteed. That is why we are currently renovating the Zamfara police headquarters. “We are also constructing some structures at the Zamfara Mobile Command. We have achieved a lot there, and we plan to do more.
“I am pleased that the executive secretary mentioned the police housing estate. If you examine the condition of the police barracks, you will see that it is quite unfortunate. I was part of the Presidential Committee on police reform. We were chosen by the National Economic Council (NEC) to inspect facilities at the police colleges and the Police Staff College.
”Last week, the governors of Nasarawa, Taraba, and I traveled to Kaduna, Plateau and Borno for this purpose. It is heartbreaking when you see the state of the police and still expect them to perform miracles,” he said.
Mr Lawal said that he was among the advocates for a complete overhaul of the police welfare to enable it to operate effectively. The governor stated that the state government would identify land to be transferred to the fund in order to expedite the development of the police housing estate project.
“We will provide the land immediately,” Mr Lawal said.
(NAN)
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