Vice President Namadi Sambo said the public security system will help the police in combating insecurity.
The Federal Government has directed the police to work out modalities to facilitate the conclusion of works so as to enable the utilization of the proposed Public Security Communication network on the 450 MHz frequency.
The directive was issued by Vice President Namadi Sambo at a meeting of the Interim Implementation Committee on the Reform of the Nigeria Police Force at the State House in Abuja.
The Vice President spoke about the need to utilize this frequency to enable the police make progress in areas of combating insecurity.
“The police should go ahead and use the frequency while the Inspector General of Police (IGP) continues discussions with the company and the ICC to see how pending issues will be resolved,” he said.
Following issues raised by the Inspector General of Police on the overlapping functions of the Nigerian Police and other related agencies such as the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, Mr. Sambo pointed out that, “the NSCDC was legally established by an Act of the National Assembly (NASS) with defined legal statutes but their functions yet to be properly established”.
He directed that the committee assists by looking into areas of conflict in roles between the agencies and the police with a view to defining them accordingly.
Earlier the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, informed the Vice President that the Strategic Plan for the Reform Programme run for the private sector participation has been prepared.
Based on a rundown given by Accenture, the plan is about to be opened up now to a larger body of stakeholders slated for the second quarter of 2013. He appealed to the Vice President to intervene in ensuring a re-introduction of the Nigeria Police Force Reform Trust Fund Bill for consideration in the NASS, pointing out that the passage of this bill into law will open up other legitimate sources of funding for the police force besides the National Treasury.
Present at the meeting were the Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama; Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; Anambra state Governor, Peter Obi; among others.
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