The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, has ordered the renovation of the Police Primary School.
Professor Zulum also directed the allocation of land to the Police Officers Wives Association, POWA, for the establishment of a skills acquisition centre that will train widows and orphans of deceased Police personnel.
The Governor gave both directives while receiving the President of POWA, the wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Mrs. Hajara Usman Baba-Alkali, in Maiduguri.
The IGP’s wife had during her remarks, informed Governor Zulum about the deplorable conditions of Police children’s schools in Maiduguri, seeking the Governor’s intervention.
Mrs. Baba-Alkali requested for the allocation of land to POWA for the establishment of the skills acquisition centre, through which the association planned to train widows and orphans of policemen, who had died in active service.
Responding, Governor Zulum promptly gave the directives for the rehabilitation works to be carried out after needs evaluation, while equally directing the Borno State Geographic information services, BOGIS, to immediately identify and allocate suitable land to POWA.
The wife of the Inspector General of Police, who hails from Borno State, commended Governor Zulum on his laudable efforts towards restoration of peace and progressive development in the state.
“Borno is the first northern State we are visiting after Lagos, Rivers, and Ogun States. We are here because of the way you carry everybody along. you are not discriminating any form of human being,” Mrs. Alkali said.
She also commended Governor Zulum’s humanitarian services to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and to families of security personnel that have lost their lives in the line of duty.
Governor Zulum also praised the Borno Police Force, by paying tributes to the Borno State Police Command in respecting the rights of citizens.
“The Nigerian Police are doing very well in Borno State. When the cases of Police brutality in communities in Nigeria was raised, Borno State was the first state to publicly acknowledge contributions of the Nigerian Police towards respecting citizens’ rights while safeguarding lives and property. In fact, the Borno State House of Assembly even passed a vote of confidence on the Nigerian Police, for the good works they are doing,”Governor Zulum said.
He also thanked the Police for their sacrifices, noting that the Police have played and was still playing significant roles in Borno’s growing stability and restoration of civil authorities, particularly in Local Government Areas.
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