Minister of Police Affairs Muhammad Dingyadi inaugurated the 16‑member governing board of the Nigeria Police Academy in Wudil, Kano. The ceremony, held at the Ministry of Police Affairs headquarters in Abuja on Friday, underscores President (retired) Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to establishing a reformed, professional, highly motivated, and knowledge‑based police force in Nigeria.
According to Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations Bolaji Kazeem, the academy’s overarching objective is to promote advanced learning and provide members of the Nigeria Police Force with opportunities for higher and liberal education, irrespective of race, creed, sex, political conviction, or religious persuasion. Kazeem explained that the institution offers a range of courses and facilities across its campuses, nurturing globally competitive police officers equipped with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for leadership, scholarship, policing, and community service. He added that POLAC encourages academic excellence, conducts relevant research, aligns its activities with Nigeria’s security, social, cultural, and economic needs, and prepares cadets through a well‑articulated blend of theory and practice for careers of service and achievement.
Dingyadi recalled that the academy began in 1988 with two temporary campuses: the Police Training School in Challawa, Kano, for cadet inspectors, and the Police College in Kaduna, for cadet ASPs. The two campuses merged and moved to the permanent site in Wudil, Kano, after its formal commissioning on 2 April 1996, and the institution was upgraded to a degree‑awarding body in September 2012. He noted that the President’s approval of the governing board aims to fully operationalize the Police Academy (Establishment) Act 2021, which Buhari signed into law on 7 April 2022.
The governing board, known as the Nigeria Police Academy Council, holds statutory responsibility for overseeing the academy’s policy, finances, and property; promoting and disciplining non‑police staff on the advice of appropriate committees; and approving its academic and police programmes. Responding on behalf of the board, Inspector‑General of Police Usman Baba pledged the board’s commitment to transforming POLAC into a centre of excellence. Baba affirmed that the academy has grown steadily since its inception and will continue to produce distinguished police officers across various fields of study. “We are proud of this academy, which is one of its kind in the world, and we believe it will be a university that no parent would want their child to miss,” he said.
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