Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains committed to repositioning and transforming the Nigerian Police through the education sector by ensuring the upgrade of the police academy and other police institutions nationwide.

Alausa stated this yesterday, in his office, when the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Tunji Disu, led his immediate past predecessor, Kayode Egbetokun, and some top police officers to his office for a meeting on the police academy with a view to setting up the southern campus of the police academy.

A statement by the Special Adviser (Media and Communications), Ikharo Attah, said the minister pointed out that the police are doing much for the country and should be encouraged by all to perform and succeed optimally.

Discussions at the meeting, however, centred on the immediate infrastructure design and physical planning of the new police academy campus in Erije, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Also at the meeting, the minister directed the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) to move quickly and conduct resource verification, noting that the President wants the campus to take off and admit the first set of students between November and September 2026.

The capacity of the over 42 police colleges across the country was discussed with the intention of turning them into monotechnics.

The minister said that three committees were set up.

Meanwhile, speaking at the meeting, Disu said education is key to solving problems in all sectors of human endeavours, including the police.

He, however, expressed the Force’s determination to “bring courses that would impact personnel directly and national security.”