The Federal Government has commended the rehabilitation work at the Police College in Ikeja, Lagos State.
The recommendation was given Monday by the Vice President Namadi Sambo. He said “I am very impressed by the rehabilitation work that is being done by the Nigerian Army Engineers. The Nigeria Police College, Ikeja can be compared with other colleges anywhere else.”
Sambo said the facilities and the environment are now conducive for the training of the policemen for an orderly society. He further commended the Army Engineers for timely execution of the work, adding that “this had given a good direction”. He assured that the gesture would be extended to other police training institutions all over the country.
Earlier, the Commandant of the Nigeria Army Corps of Engineers, Major-General T. S. Owenebi, said the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, was established in 1949 and most of the structures existed since that time. He said the rehabilitation work was as a result of President Jonathan’s visit to the college in January this year
Owenebi highlighted the structures that were rehabilitated. Some of which included the number of hostels for both male and female officers; toilet facilities; lighting facilities; dining, conference rooms and classroom blocks as well as reinforcement of the buildings.
In their remarks, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, and the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, expressed their appreciation for the gesture by President Goodluck Jonathan, for renovating the college, adding that the work is as a result of the on-going transformation agenda of Mr. President. They pledged to maintain the facilities of the college.
While thanking the Federal Government for the rehabilitation of the college, the Commandant, CP Yahaya G. Ardo, solicited the Federal Government to extend the renovation work to the officers’ quarters, which are in a very deplorable condition and a state of disrepair. He promised to maintain the facilities at the college.
The Vice President was also accompanied by the Chairman Senate Committee on Police Affairs, who disclosed that his committee would carry out an inspection of the college, and other senior government officials.
