President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law the Nigeria Police Training Institutions (Establishment) Bill, 2024, a landmark legislation that provides statutory backing for 48 police training institutions across the country.
The new Act, sponsored by Senator Ahmed Abdulhamid Malam-Madori, is designed to institutionalise police education, promote continuous professional development, and align Nigeria’s law enforcement standards with global best practices.
The law categorises the nation’s police training infrastructure into five major groups — Police Colleges, Police Training Schools, Police Tactical Schools, Police Technical Training Schools, and other specialised institutions — all strategically distributed across the six geopolitical zones.
Among the foremost institutions now formally recognised by law are the Police Colleges in Ikeja (Lagos), Kaduna (Kaduna), Maiduguri (Borno) and Oji River (Enugu), as well as the Police Staff College in Jos (Plateau) and the Police Detective College in Enugu.
Also listed are several Police Training Schools in Bauchi, Minna, Sokoto, Benin, Wanune, Calabar, Ilorin, Ibadan, Iperu, Jos, Owerri, Nonwa-Tai, Oyin-Akoko, Ekiti, Gwaram, Malabu-Fufore and Bende, among others, aimed at strengthening capacity building across all levels of the force.
The Act further establishes elite Police Tactical Schools such as the Mobile Training Schools in Gwoza (Borno), Ila-Orangun (Osun), and Ende-Hill (Nasarawa); the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) Schools in Nonwa-Tai (Rivers) and Gombe; the Special Protection Unit (SPU) School in Kafin Hausa (Jigawa); and other specialised centres including the K9 Training School in Bukuru-Jos, the Mounted Troop Training School in Jos, the Marine Training School in Toru-Orua (Bayelsa), and the Police Pre-Retirement Training School in Kudan (Kaduna).
Under the Police Technical Training framework, the law recognises the Police Public Relations School in Lafia (Nasarawa) and its Abuja campus, the Central Planning and Training Unit in Jos, the Police School of Intelligence in Shere (Kwara), the Schools of Communication in Kudan and Ikeja, the Police School of Music and Driving School (Ikeja), and the Police Veterinary Training School (Abuja).
Other specialised institutions now enjoying legal recognition include the Police Institute of Digital Studies and Cyber Security in Abeokuta (Ogun), the Police School of Nursing and Midwifery in Ezimo (Enugu), the National Institute of Police Studies in Life Camp (Abuja), the Police Short Service Training Institute in Ikot Ekpene (Akwa Ibom), and the Police School of Finance and Administration in Umueri (Anambra).
Senator Malam-Madori described the presidential assent as “a transformative moment in Nigeria’s internal security architecture,” noting that the new Act would “professionalise police training, deepen research in security management, and align Nigeria’s policing culture with international standards.”
Security analysts have also hailed the development as one of the most comprehensive legislative reforms in Nigeria’s policing history, positioning the force for better service delivery, accountability, and operational efficiency.
Source; The Nation News