Foundation Urges FG To Strengthen Police, Ease Military’s Security Burden

The Defence Families Empowerment Foundation (DFEF) has urged the federal government to strengthen the Nigeria Police Force through increased funding, specialised training, modern equipment and improved welfare to enable it take greater responsibility for internal security and ease the burden on the military.
The foundation said this had become necessary amid growing security challenges and the increasing pressure of prolonged internal security operations on the Nigerian Armed Forces.
In a statement issued in Kaduna yesterday, its Founding Director, Mohammed Thompson, said the police must be adequately funded, equipped and trained before greater security responsibilities could be trans...