Mariam Adebukola 
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday established a Constitutional Review Committee to conduct a thorough overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State disclosed this while addressing the State House correspondents following the conclusion of the Nigeria Police Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Governor Mohammed identified the committee members as the Minister of Police Affairs, Ibrahim Geidam; National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase; and Governor of Kwara and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
Mohammed, who lauded the choice of Egbetokun as IGP, said the council’s meeting, presided over by President Bola Tinubu, and the confirmation process led to extended deliberations concerning the Nigeria Police Force.
He said: “The confirmation of the IGP prompted further discussion on the Nigeria Police Force, and the President has formed a special committee to look at all the gaps in Nigeria’s 1999 constitution with a view to bringing harmony and synergy, closing technology and manpower to the Nigerian Police Force.
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“The committee comprises the minister of police affairs, NSA, chairman of PSC, and the chairman of the NGF. They will work together with a view to make sure that the Nigeria Police is reformed.”
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State added that the council noted the absence of substantial reforms within the police force since its inception in 1861.
The governor further emphasized that the committee’s primary objective is to formulate concepts that will drive transformative reforms defining the future of the Nigeria Police Force.
He said: “The newly confirmed IGP is adequately prepared, his CV is extremely rich, very experienced, intellectually and practically.
“He also addressed us as a council on the state of policing in Nigeria, among other things that he highlighted, he spoke about the need for technology-driven policing.
“The need for community-based policing, the need to ensure that required budgetary provision is provided for community-based policing, which has been proven to be very effective.
“The issue of funding also came up, and this committee of four to five people will look at these issues that borders on reforms.
“We observed that there have been no meaningful reforms since the establishment of the Nigeria Police Force.”
