The Senate has passed the N124.2 billion 2024 budget of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF).
The passage of the budget followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs during plenary.
Presenting the report, Vice-Chairman of the committee, Senator Yunus Akintunde (APC-Oyo), said that the committee considered and reviewed the proposed sum of N124.2 billion as the 2024 budget of the Fund.
Akintunde explained that out of the N124.2 billion, personnel cost would gulp N1.2 billion while capital expenditure was put at N98.6 billion.
The committee observed that the allocated budget would be applied toward the training of police officers as well as rehabilitation and construction of police stations, barracks, and clinics nationwide.
Other areas that woud be covered in the budget include procurement of compressed natural gas (CNG) and other related interventions.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, expressed the hope that the expenditures would enhance security across the nation.
“The expenditures that we might hear from the Police Trust Fund should enhance security all over the nation,” he said.
Akpabio urged the committee to ensure proper oversight, saying, “The committee should also ensure that they do proper oversight so that every kobo that is herein appropriated will be used for the benefit of the police and the nation in general.”
