Peoples Gazette
Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, says the federal government has recruited more policemen to enhance security and safety nationwide.
Mr Dingyadi said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 15th edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard, organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.
The minister also said that the government has been strengthening community policing to enhance the flow of actionable intelligence to aid security agencies in their operations.
Mr Dingyadi said so far, the ministry had supervised the recruitment of 30,000 police personnel out of the 40,000 additional police constables approved by the government.
He added that community volunteers were also trained nationwide to support police operations at the grassroots.
“It is worthy to note that about 25,000 were trained in several police colleges across the country, through arrangements with state governors, local government chairmen and traditional…
