NEC Approves N100bn To Fix Decaying Police, Security Training Schools 

Abuja, Nigeria– The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved a massive N100 billion for the rehabilitation of training facilities belonging to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies—pending final ratification by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The approval, reached during NEC’s 154th meeting held virtually on Wednesday, follows recommendations of an ad hoc committee tasked with assessing the collapsed state of these institutions across the country.

NEC, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, includes the 36 state governors, the Minister of Finance, Minister of Economic Planning, and other strategic ministries.

The Council also approved an additional N2.6 billion for consultancy services tied to the rehabilitation project.

President Tinubu had first proposed a complete overhaul of the nation’s security training facilities during the 152nd NEC meeting in October, citing their critical role in retooling Nigeria’s security architecture.

Delivering the committee’s report, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State painted a grim picture of the current state of the facilities, warning that many of them were in “dire condition” and unfit for modern security training needs.

Following the presentation, Vice President Shettima reaffirmed the administration’s resolve to end years of neglect.

“Our task is not to admire problems, but to solve them. Not to explain challenges, but to overcome them. And not to hope for progress, but to engineer it,” Shettima said, charging governors to ensure economic reforms translate into visible improvements in the daily lives of Nigerians.

He emphasized that governments at all levels must shift from rhetoric to execution, insisting that reforms must yield real, measurable impact in markets, schools, clinics, and farms across the country.

The move comes as lawmakers intensify oversight in other sectors, with the House of Representatives pushing to enforce a 5% recruitment quota for persons with disabilities, even as a fire incident gutted parts of the Abuja timber market on Wednesday.

“Today’s agenda speaks to our shared responsibility to build a nation where reforms translate into results, and where policies are not mere promises but convincing instruments of change felt in the markets, schools, clinics and farms across our federation,” he said.