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Lagos To Launch Community Policing To Tighten Security

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In a bid to reduce crime and complement the efforts of security agencies, the Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has announced plans to strengthen community policing.

 

He disclosed that the government would recruit 5,700 personnel, with 100 in each of the 20 local government and local council development areas within the first quarter of 2017.

 

The governor also announced plans to extend its infrastructural renewal drive with the construction of 181 local government roads in 2017.

 

He made the revelation at the first quarterly town hall meeting in 2017.

 

He added that it is an improvement on the 114 road project which his administration promised to embark upon every year.

 

Source: Channels TV

IGP Commences Community Involvement In Policing

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim K. Idris, has commenced massive community involvement in policing as part of initiatives to foster total re-organization and transformation of the internal security architecture of the country.

The initiative, named Eminent Persons Forum, entails the coming together of critical stakeholders in various states of the Federation who desire to partner with the Nigeria Police Force in ensuring the safety and security of their states.

The Imo state chapter of the initiative was inaugurated in Owerri, the state capital by the Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu on behalf of the Inspector General of Police.

Delivering his opening address during the inauguration, CP Lakanu, stated that the formation of the Eminent Persons’ Forum is the brainchild of the Inspector General of Police, whose main objective is to integrate community element in the arduous task of effectively and efficiently policing the state.

He added that the innovative idea is in line with the IGP’s new leadership paradigm which is anchored on ‘ensuring that our streets, our neighbourhoods, our communities remain safe’.

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