The Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Misau, has confirmed report that the 8th National Assembly is working on a bill that will make money VIPs and blue-chips pay police authorities for attaching men of the force to them to provide security legal.
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Recall recently Misau, a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the Senate, accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, of receiving N10bn monthly from corporate bodies, oil firms, high placed citizens as payment for special security services rendered by
the police.
The bill when passed, Misau said would discourage the current practice in which individuals appropriated such money. Instead it will be used to improve the general welfare of members of the force.
He told Punch: “We are working on a bill. We want a situation where, instead of these fees or levies going into individual’s pockets, they would be paid into government coffers so that government will have records of what is going to the police, so that it will help in the appropriation process. This money can be used to improve police training, housing and provide equipment to help the police become more efficient.”
