Nigeria, US Sign Agreement On Training Of NPF
In a bid to ensure that the Nigeria Police is well equipped
and trained to carry out their law enforcement responsibilities, the
United States government and Nigerian federal government have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on a training modernisation project
for the Nigeria Police Force.
According to a statement released on Wednesday, 23 July, 2014, by the
U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs, INL, the collaboration between the NPF and INL on
the training project is intended to add another set of instruments to
the law enforcement toolkit available to the police in Nigeria.
“This MOU represents our two governments’ mutual commitment to
engagement on institutional reforms at the NPF training academies,” James Entwistle, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria said in prepared remarks made available to P.M.NEWS.
Entwistle further stated that the goal of the project is to provide
modernisation enhancements to the NPF’s training curriculum for a
well-trained police force.
* US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle
The ambassador added that the move would also ensure that the NPF is
dedicated to the highest ethical standards, proficient in law
enforcement, preventing and detecting crime, preserving the peace, and
protecting citizens’ rights.
He explained that the training of law enforcement officers is important and should be continuous.
“We are endeavouring to better equip the NPF to carry out its duties because of the importance of the police in a democracy,” he said.
Entwistle said the police are important in a democracy because they
protect the people and are those willing to respond to every crisis.
It would be recalled that the Nigerian police and the entire military
have been criticised for not well trained and enough equipment to meet
the current terrorism challenges in the country.
* Nigerian Policemen in training
Many critics, both home and abroad, have called on the President
Goodluck Jonathan led federal government to do more than is presently
doing to fight Islamists militants group, Boko Haram who have been
perpetrating terror attack across Nigeria.
According to United Nations report, the insurgents group have killed more than 4,000 people since 2009.
Only on July 23, Wednesday, the militants detonated twin bomb blasts in Kaduna,
northern Nigeria. No fewer than 80 people were confirmed by the
National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to have lost their lives in
the attack.
As at the time of compiling this report, the number of casualties is
still unknown and no group has claimed responsibility for the Kaduna and
Kano attacks.
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