Senate pegs tenure of IGP to 4-year single term - The Natio Newspapers

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In the bill, NGRSenate pegged the tenure of any substantive Inspector General of Police at a single term of four years

The Senate has passed a bill that amended the Police Act 2004 for third reading.

The passage of the bill followed the presentation of the report of the Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Halliru Jika, during plenary.In the instant Act, the tenure of the IGP is irregular as it is subject to the decision of the Council of State, chaired by the President. “The national policing plan should be made with inputs from the Police Force Headquarters and all the various Police formations nationwide before the end of each financial year, setting out priorities, objectives, cast implications and expected outcomes of Policing for the next succeeding financial year in order to change budgeting from a top-down approach to a bottom l-up approach.

 

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