24th July, 2014
Simon Ateba
The United States government and Nigeria on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on a training modernisation project for the Nigeria Police Force,
NPF, and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, INL, the Mission said in a statement.
“This MOU represents our two governments’ mutual commitment to engagement on institutional reforms at the NPF training academies,” James Entwistle, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria was quoted as saying in prepared remarks made available to P.M.NEWS.
He said the collaboration between the NPF and INL on the training project is intended to add another set of instruments to the law enforcement toolkit available to the police in Nigeria.
Entwistle said the goal of the project is to provide modernisation enhancements to the NPF’s training curriculum for a well-trained police force.
Dedicated to the highest ethical standards, proficient in law enforcement, preventing and detecting crime, preserving the peace, and protecting citizens’ rights.
He explained that the training of law enforcement officers is important and should be continuous.
“We are endeavouring to better equip the NPF to carry out its duties because of the importance of the police in a democracy,” he said.
Entwistle said the police are important in a democracy because they protect the people and are those willing to respond to every crisis.