Ex-Police Commissioner Advocates Security Trust Fund

A former Commis
sioner of Police,  Mr Lawrence Alobi, last Thursday urged the Federal Government to establish a Security Trust Fund (STF) for the proper funding of security agencies.
Alobi, who retired as an AIG, said this in an interview with the newsmen in Abuja.
He said that the need for the fund could not be over-emphasised in view of the capital-intensive nature of ensuring security of lives and property of the people.
“The Federal Government should establish security trust fund because security is expensive and it is capital-intensive.
“The police need to be well-funded – their welfare, their accommodation, their logistics in terms of vehicles, communication, and so forth.
“If there is a national security trust fund, all companies in this country, all the multi-national corporations can contribute a percentage of their profits to that fund and that will help in funding security.
“And that will minimise the burden on the Federal Government, the states and local governments as well.“
Alobi, who is also the Executive Director of a private security services outfit based in the Federal Capital Territory, said that the fund would minimise the government’s burden of having to fund security.
“The state governments and the local governments see security as purely the responsibility of the Federal Government. No!
“Even though security is in the exclusive list, the states and the local governments have some responsibilities.“