Transparency International calls for Cancellation of Ministry of Police Affairs
The Nigerian chapter of Transparency International has called for the Ministry of Police Affairs to be scrapped and placed under the Ministry of Interior for effective supervision.
The former Chairman of the group, Ishola Williams, said the ineffectiveness of the ministry was the reason for the inability of the force to provide adequate security in the country and advised that it quits operating on its 1949 structure.
Williams while speaking at a post-election management review on Monday in Abuja, also said it was not right for the National Security Adviser and the military to be involved in election security.
He said: “If well structured, Nigeria would have no problems with elections. States should organise their own polls, what is the business of INEC organizing governorship elections? The Nigeria police is still based on 1949 structure and that is why it cannot provide election security.
“The Police affairs ministry should be scrapped and the Force placed under the interior ministry. It should have a Director-General in charge of intelligence and general investigation.”