The Minister of State, Police Affairs, Hajia Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim has sought technical support of the European Union, (EU) for the Nigeria Police Force, (NPF) to allow the police ecosystem obtain its goal of deploying world norms and finest practices.
Suleiman-Ibrahim made the request throughout a gathering with the EU group led by the European Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi on the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
The minister, in response to an announcement signed by the Deputy Director of Press within the ministry, Bolaji Kazeem said that the technical support and partnership ought to be within the space of addressing coverage gaps and capability constructing that will enhance the performances of the Police Force.
According to her, the Renewed Hope Agenda has eight parts with peace and safety being considered one of them, stressing the necessity for collaboration between the ministry and the EU within the space of reforms, capability constructing, and neighborhood policing to curb transnational crimes for collective achievements.
She mentioned: “What we are looking at is community-based policing, intelligence-led and technology-driven. That is the face of every police force globally, the path we like to go. The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPO) has a lot of capacity in that area and if we work together, we will achieve a lot.
“I am seeking every support that can be for the ministry to achieve the Renewed Hope Agenda which has policing components and none of them can work without it. We are harmonizing various police reforms that are in existence, analyzing why they are not fully implemented, and coming up with what we can achieve within two to three years.”
Earlier, the European Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi said that the EU would proceed to support all Nigeria’s related companies which might be concerned in enhancing the coordination of policing within the areas of coaching and capability constructing.
She added that the EU has a superb collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force, noting that they work collectively throughout the framework of human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.
“We have been doing capacity and supporting coordination at national, regional, and international levels,” she disclosed.
Isopi identified that the EU has a brand new migration programme which shall be signed subsequent week, stressing that “the agreement is essential because it is a political tool to do more in other areas.
“We are preparing a new phase of our program to end gender-based violence and we need your cooperation and support to work together.”
