PRESIDENT BUHARI SAYS POLICE RECRUITMENT WOULD TACKLE UNEMPLOYMENT

                       


President Muhammadu Buhari says the recruitment of 10,000 policemen would address the challenge of youth unemployment in the country.


Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau said the initiative would also address the manpower gap in the policeHe advised the management of the police force to put national interest in mind in the recruitment in line with the reform agenda of the ministry of interior.

Buhari said that community policing had become more imperative considering the current security challenges in the country.



He said that it was in view of this that his administration had rested the internal security of the country on enhanced budget, addressing social factors among others.

He said that in order to address the challenge of highly organised crime, government had strengthened the technical intelligence capacity of the police.


Buhari reassured Nigerians of government’s determination to bequeath a reformed, re-oriented, well trained, well equipped and highly motivated police.