POLICE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN UTTER DECAY – MBU

The Federal Government has been urged
to set up a special committee to visit
police formations in the country.
Mr Joseph Mbu (AIG), Commandant,
Police Staff College, made the call during
interview with News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN), in Jos on Sunday.
“There is decay; there is neglect; what
we have on ground is not conducive for
the reform programme we all yearn for.
“Many projects in the training institutions
have been abandoned’’, Mbu said.
He stressed that the nation must invest
more in the police force so as to get the
best service from it and effect the
change crucial for a better Nigeria.
“Nigerians want an improved police force
in line with the change mantra, but the
institutions that train the personnel are in
a state of utter decay.’’
He held that management and personnel
of the police were doing a lot, and that
officers on strategic courses in the
college would feel more encouraged, for
instance, if they were fed by the force.
“That gesture would give them the time
to fully concentrate without distractions.
“The police profile is rising, but there is
no need for course participants here to
feed themselves; government should feed
them to make them feel cared for and
that will in turn ginger them to make
more sacrifices for the nation.’’
On the officers recently trained on
strategic leadership and command by the
PSC, he said that they must be
courageous and lead their teams like
lions.
Mbu cautioned trainees, usually of the
commissionership cadre, against greed
and lust for material things, and insisted
that they must stand up for truth and tell
leaders the implications of crude tactics
they may want to pursue.
“You could be posted as a police
commissioner to a state where the
governor, as chief security officer, may
want to lord it over you, but you must
assert the fact that you will be
responsible for controlling any trouble
whenever it starts.
He advised police officers to assess their
personnel based on hard work instead of
asking for “any returns’’, and promised
that the force would stoutly defend any
officer who made genuine mistakes in
the course of his duties.
Mbu also advised them against abusing
their powers, stressing that all
obligations must be within regulation.