By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
President Bola Tinubu has declared emergency on the training facilities of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and other internal security agencies, following concerns over their condition.
The declaration was disclosed by Enugu Governor Peter Mbah, chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC) ad-hoc Committee on the overhaul of security training institutions in Nigeria, during an on-the-spot inspection of the facilities in Lagos.
Mbah, who was accompanied by his Ogun State counterpart, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Secretary of the Committee and former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman Baba, as well as Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Special Protection Unit (SPU), Olatunji Disu, said the committee has a 30-day deadline to submit a comprehensive report to NEC for action.
According to Mbah, Tinubu was concerned about the outdated training facilities being used to prepare security personnel expected to uphold human dignity in their interactions with Nigerians.
He said the President gave the mandate at the last NEC which held on October 23, adding that he categorically told the council that “the present state of the security training institutions did not align with his dream of growing the economy to one trillion dollar in the next five years,” harping on the need for modernisation.