2021 budget: National Assembly approves N74bn for police trust fund
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Police Affairs has approved N74 billion for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) for the 2021 operational budget.
The Executive Secretary, NPTF, Alhaji Ahmad Sokoto, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after a closed door meeting with the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on police affairs.
Sokoto said that the NPTF presented its 2021 budget amounting to N74 billion before the joint committee on police affairs, adding that it was a unique presentation before the two chambers
According to him, the N74 billion budget estimate captured all the demands of the trust fund, which include training and retraining of personnel of the Nigerian police force.
He said that the budget would help in procuring the state of the art equipment for the police.
He assured that the equipment would be the latest and excellent for the enhancement of skills of the Nigerian Police Force.
According to him, it would also improve the general welfare of the personnel of the Nigerian police. (New Telegraph)
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