Tinubu Approves New Police Academy Campus, ₦15bn Take-Off Grant
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Tinubu furthermore approved a special take-off grant of ₦15 billion for the college, according to a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday.
Onanuga said, the President’s approval was in fulfilment of the provisions of the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, particularly with respect to the expansion of the Police Academy based in Wudil, Kano State, into multiple campuses across the country.
According to Onanuga, “The intervention fund will be sourced from the TetFund 2026 allocation to finance priority infrastructure, academic facilities, student accommodation, and core training assets.”
Onanuga also said that the siting of the new campus in Erinja was recommended by a high-level consultative meeting involving the Minister of Police Affairs, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, officials of the Federal Ministry of Education, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC.
Onanuga said that, the meeting considered student intake capacity, funding realities, academic quality assurance, and the long-term needs of the Nigerian Police Force, which was currently recruiting more personnel.
Meanwhile, the approval is coming about five months after Tinubu declared a, nationwide security emergency and ordered additional recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force of about 50,000 personnel, following rising attacks and abductions by gunmen and suspected terrorists.
Under the new arrangement, the police would recruit an additional 20,000 officers, as well as use various National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camps as training depots.
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