President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law the Nigeria Police Training Institutions Establishment Bill, 2024, a landmark legislation designed to professionalise police education.
It will also enhance research in security management, and align Nigeria’s policing practices with global law enforcement standards.
The newly enacted law grants statutory recognition and legal backing to 48 police training institutions across the country.
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The landmark legislation, sponsored by Senator Ahmed Abdulhamid Malam-Madori, represents a decisive stride towards institutionalising police education, promoting continuous professional development, and embedding global best practices in Nigeria’s law enforcement system.
Speaking on the assent, Senator Malam-Madori, hailed the presidential assent as “a transformative milestone in Nigeria’s internal security architecture.
He emphasised that the new law will “professionalise police training, strengthen research in security management, and harmonise Nigeria’s policing culture with global law enforcement standards.”
Security experts have equally commended the development, describing it as one of the most far-reaching and transformative legislative interventions in Nigeria’s policing history.
The newly formalised training ecosystem comprises five distinct tiers: Police Colleges, Police Training Schools, Police Tactical Schools, Police Technical Training Schools, and other specialised institutions, strategically located across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones to ensure balanced capacity development within the force.
Among the foremost Police Colleges now backed by law are the Police College, Ikeja (Lagos State); Police College, Kaduna (Kaduna State); Police College, Maiduguri (Borno State); Police College, Oji River (Enugu State); Police Staff College, Jos (Plateau State); and the Police Detective College, Enugu (Enugu State).
In the second tier, Police Training Schools have been legally entrenched in Bauchi, Minna, Sokoto, Benin, Wanune, Calabar, Ilorin, Ibadan, Iperu, Jos, Owerri, Nonwa-Tai, Oyin-Akoko, Ekiti, Gwaram, Malabu-Fufore, Bende, and other strategic locations, ensuring that capacity building extends deep into the grassroots of police formations.
The Police Tactical Schools, now empowered to deliver elite operational training, include the Mobile Training Schools in Gwoza (Borno State), Ila-Oragun (Osun State), and Ende-Hill (Nasarawa State); Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) Schools in Nonwa-Tai (Rivers State) and Gombe (Gombe State); Special Protection Unit (SPU) School in Kafin Hausa (Jigawa State); K9 Training School in Bukuru-Jos (Plateau State); Mounted Troop Training School in Jos (Plateau State); Marine Training School in Toru-Orua (Bayelsa State); and the Police Pre-Retirement Training School in Kudan (Kaduna State).
Under the Police Technical Training Schools framework, the new law covers the Police Public Relations School in Lafia (Nasarawa State) and its Abuja campus, the Central Planning and Training Unit (Jos, Plateau State), Police School of Intelligence (Shere, Kwara State), Schools of Communication in Kudan and Ikeja, School of Music (Ikeja), Police Driving School (Ikeja), and the Police Veterinary Training School (Abuja).
The assented law further acknowledged Specialised Police Institutions, including the Police Institute of Digital Studies and Cyber Security in Abeokuta (Ogun State), Police School of Nursing and Midwifery in Ezimo (Enugu State), National Institute of Police Studies in Life Camp (Abuja), Police Short Service Training Institute in Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom State), and the Police School of Finance and Administration in Umueri (Anambra State).
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