Abuja: Our CORRESPONDENT. Publised July 9, 2020
THE NIGERIA RED CHAMBER, Senate, has introduced a bill, which was aimed to amend the Police Act.
The bill prescribes among others, a four-year single tenure for Inspector-General of Police.
The proposed legislation was entitled ‘Police Act CAP P19 LFN 2004 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2020.’
The bill states that the tenure is introduced to give stability to the office of IG.
It also states that the appointment and removal from office of the police boss would henceforth be based on the advice of the Police Council.
The legislative action followed the consideration of the report of Senate Committee on Police Affairs.
The report read by the panel Chairman, Mr Haliru Jika, recommended that IG should adhere to policing plans.
It read in part, “The national policing plan should be made with inputs from Police Force Headquarters and all the various police formations nationwide before the end of each financial year.
“It should set priorities, objectives, cost implications and expected outcomes of policing for the next succeeding financial year in order to change budgeting from a top-down approach to a bottom-up approach
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