Recruitment Of 10 , 000 Police Personnel Will Address Challenge Of Youth Unemployment – Buhari

President Muhammadu
Buhari said the recruitment
of 10 ,000 police personnel
would address the
challenge of youth
unemployment in the
country .
The president said this at
a ceremonial parade to
mark the 2016 Police Week
in Abuja on Friday .
Mr . Buhari , who was
represented by the Minister
of Interior , Abdulrahman
Dambazau , said the
initiative would also
address the manpower gap
in the police .
He advised the
management of the police
force to put national
interest in mind in the
recruitment in line with the
reform agenda of the
ministry of interior .
“ In carrying out this
exercise, I expect the
Nigeria Police to put
national interest in the
foremost ” , he said .
Mr . Buhari said that
community policing had
become more imperative
considering the current
security challenges in the
country .
He said it was in view of
this that his administration
had rested the internal
security of the country on
enhanced budget ,
addressing social factors
among others .
The president said the
government had funded the
procurement of over 1 ,000
patrol vehicles and other
logistics to strengthen
operational capacity of the
police .
He said in order to address
the challenge of highly
organised crime ,
government had
strengthened the technical
intelligence capacity of the
police .