The Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) has started a week-long capacity-building training for 2,000 Police personnel drawn from various Police Commands & formations across the country in advance of the elections in 2023 as part of its endeavor to ensure free, fair, and credible elections.
This was stated in a statement that Muhammad A. Lawal, the NPTF’s Head of Press and Public Affairs Unit, signed yesterday.
The capacity building training titled “The Role of the Nigeria Police Force In Credible Elections; Before, During and After” will provide the policing institutions with up-to-date information on managing national elections and get NPF personnel ready to fulfill their constitutional duty to ensure credible national elections.
The training, which got under way on February 15, 2023, is still going on in 21 federation states, including the FCT.
“Train and re-train the Personnel of the NPF and Its Auxiliary Staff Within and Outside Nigeria” is a part of the NPTF’s mandate. According to the statement, the Trust Fund is also required to train NPF employees so that they can perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently overall.
The training is anticipated to be completed on February 20, 2023, just days before the presidential election on February 25th, according to NPTF.