State Police: Nigeria needs 554,353 personnel — Abiodun

…seeks take-off fund to prevent poorer states from being left behind
By Adeola Badru
IBADAN — Nigeria will require an additional 554,353 personnel to adequately staff the proposed State Police system, Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said.
Abiodun also called for the establishment of a dedicated State Police Take-Off Fund to ensure that disparities in the financial capacity of states do not undermine the proposed security architecture.
The governor spoke on Thursday while delivering the keynote address at the posthumous 70th birthday colloquium of the late former Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, at the International Co...