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Police Barracks, Rat Holes, Slums With Stinking Gutters -CACOL
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has taken the National Assembly and the Executive arm of government in charge of the Police Trust Fund (PTF) to task on the present state of police barracks across the country.
CACOL lamented that the residence of police officers could pass for rat holes and slums, yet officers reside in them.
In a statement issued to newsmen, yesterday, by the Executive Chairman of the centre, Debo Adeniran, CACOL decried the deplorable condition of police barracks across the country.
CACOL added that for this reason, the Nigeria police was rated among the top five worst police organizations in the world in 2016 by World Internal Security and Police Index.
It said, “Police barracks across the country are gradually trudging towards danger. In 2017, our Force was rated one of the top five worst police organizations in the world at the 2016 World Internal Security and Police Index.
“It was revealed that, the decrepit condition of the police barracks, which makes it imperative for the National Assembly and the Executive arm to find a common ground to expedite the passage of the Police Trust Fund, which would provide legislative framework for improving the living conditions of the Force.