The House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs, has stated that the allocation of a paltry N11 billion as capital expenditure of the Nigeria police force in the 2021 budget was not enough for the organization to effectively fight crime.
Chairman of the Committee, Bello Kumo, while speaking during the budget defence session with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu stated that police funding was grossly inadequate.
He stressed the need for the authorities to take drastic measures on the issue, giving assurance that his committee would make additional budgetary provision for the capital component of the Nigeria police.
He however directed the IGP to submit an inventory of police stations destroyed as well as a comprehensive list of personnel of the force killed during the #EndSARS protest across the country.
According to him, the speedy manner President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the Police reform Act was a demonstration of the fact that the President administration’s resolve to address the challenges bedeviling the police.
