Tinubu Approves New Police Academy Campus in Erinja, Ogun with ₦15bn Take-Off Grant

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The project comes with a ₦15 billion take-off grant from TETFund.

The approval, disclosed by the President’s media aide Bayo Onanuga, fulfills provisions of the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, which mandates the expansion of the Wudil-based academy into multiple campuses nationwide.

The intervention fund will finance priority infrastructure, academic facilities, student accommodation, and core training assets. The siting of the new campus followed a high-level consultative meeting involving the Minister of Police Affairs, the Minister of Education, the Inspector-General of Police, and the National Universities Commission.

The decision comes nearly five months after Tinubu declared a nationwide security emergency and ordered additional recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force. The President had authorised the recruitment of an additional 20,000 officers and ordered the withdrawal of police personnel from VIP security duties for redeployment to security-challenged areas.

Tinubu also approved the reconstitution of the Police Academy Council to oversee reforms and expansion of policing education across the country.

Sources: Channels Television, TheNigeriaLawyer, Arise News