I Am Working With State Governments To End Our Security Challenges – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the full structure of the Nigerian Police Force is currently being overhauled and re-positioned.

He said his government is presently giving them modern technological gadgets that they can use to cope with the increasing challenges across Nigeria.

In a recent statement signed by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser, Buhari revealed that the return of the Ministry of Police Affairs will surely improve the fight to safeguard lives and property in the country.

The statement read, “I have decided to meet with Your Highnesses to assure you that government is determined to tackle and deal decisively with all security challenges facing us as a nation.

“This consultation therefore is to engage you, our royal fathers, so that, collectively, we can arrive at solutions to any and all security problems in the country.

“We must all play our part to finally address these security challenges, particularly traditional rulers, in your respective communities, where you feel the pulse of the people, being the closest to the populace at the grassroots level.”

“These policies and programmes include a robust revamping of police intelligence gathering capacity and the significant boosting of the numbers of security personnel in our local communities. This in specific terms will include recruiting more police officers and doing so whenever possible from their local government areas, where they would then be stationed in the best traditions of policing world-wide.

“Working with the State governments also, we intend to improve the equipping of the police force with advanced technology and equipment that can facilitate their work. To drive this, I recently created a full-fledged Ministry of Police Affairs.”

“As I said during my meeting with the Traditional Rulers from the South-West, directives have been issued to the appropriate federal authorities to speedily approve licensing for States requesting the use of drones to monitor forests and other criminal hideouts.”