Ministry of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has sought to amend the Police Trust Fund Act so as to overcome some of the challenges militating against optimal prosecution of internal security in the country. He stated that the objective of the Act which was recently signed into law by President Buhari, came into force on the 24th of June, 2019 and was to provide a legal framework for the management and control of a special intervention fund for training and retraining of the personnel of the Nigerian Police Force, provision of state-of-the-art security equipment and other related facilities for the enhancement of skills of the officers of the Force. While stating that a memo would be presented to the Federal Executive Council so as to make available, other sources of funding to the paramilitary agencies under the Ministry to meet their needs beyond the limited allocation in the Appropriation Bill, The minister stressed that it would be an overkill for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to create sperate Trust Funds of their own to be able to effectively achieve the Ministry's mandate. Aregbesola stated the resolve of his Ministry and its Agencies to achieve their mandates by evolving approaches to internal security, public safety and citizenship integrity driven by innovation people, technology and systems, and collaboration with critical stakeholders.
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