The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has said that the Nigeria Police Force needed at least N1.13 trillion annually to perform it’s functions effectively.

Idris made this remark at a Public hearing on a Bill to establish the Police Reform Trust Fund and a Bill to amend the Explosives Act 2004 in Abuja.

The hearing was organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs.

“To fully appreciate the funding challenges of the Nigeria Police Force, it will be appropriate to compare the MD Yusuf financial estimates of 2008,” he said.

Idris, however, stated that the N560 billion recommended by the MD Yusuf-led Police Reform Committee in 2008 was inadequate.

He explained that the force required an average of N26.9 billion annually for the maintenance and fuelling of its vehicles.

“Presently, the force has a fleet of 14,306 vehicles including 3,115 motorcycles nationwide,” he said.

“The bill will provide alternative source of funding for the Nigeria Police Force for the training and retraining of personnel.

“To effectively investigate and prosecute offenders, we must invest massively in the detective infrastructure and capacity of our investigators.

“The fund once established should be sustained in the interest of national security and not be time bound.

“The purpose of the fund is to provide alternative funding for the police, but if it is subjected to too many bottlenecks, the objective will be defeated.”

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If una like, give dem all our budget. E no stop d bad belle ones

If their salary could not stop them from extortion, how will the budget?

Though they'll demand to see your particulars, they frowned seriously when you show them up to date ones.

Even with 1 Trillion dollars they won't funtion well. They learn corruption from thier bosses and each team must deliver to the DPO. DPO delivers to his superior