The Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) has announced plans to intervene in the upgrading of the Nigeria Police Training School, Ilorin, Kwara state to a world class standard.
The Fund equally promised to patronise the Kwara garment factory, Ilorin for the production of police uniforms.
The Kwara state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, had during the opening of a two-day management retreat organised by the Fund for stakeholders in Ilorin on Thursday, requested the NPTF to patronise the state’s garment factory for the production of police uniforms, the upgrading of Police Training School, Ilorin, among others things .
In response to the governor’s request, the executive secretary of the NPTF, Mohammed Sheidu and his management team on Friday visited the Police Training School and the garment factory for on the spot assessment of facilities in the two places .
After the assessment tour of two institutions, Sheidu assured the state government that the Fund will intervene in the upgrade of the facilities at the Police Training School, Ilorin, and as well patronise the garment factory after necessary talks with the state government.
He said though the Ilorin Police Training School is meant for the training of recruits, the Funds would intervene in the rehabilitation and upgrading of its facilities to a world class standard.
“The facilities( in the police training school) need to be upgraded to world class standard “, Sheidu said.
At the Kwara state government-owned garment factory, Sheidu initiated talks with officials of the factory for possible production of uniforms for officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force.
Impressed by the facilities on ground, Sheidu urged other state governments to replicate same in their respective states to encourage local production and end importation of textiles materials.
He added: “The conversation is open with the Kwara state government on how the NPTF can patronise the factory.”