In line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s
Agenda on Security.
The National Agency for Science
and Engineering Infrastructure
(NASENI) has expressed its
commitment to refurbish and
revamp redundant operational
assets of the Nigerian Police
Force (NPF) such as vehicles,
helicopters, confiscated and forfeited vehicles.
This is part of moves to support the Police Force in boosting its operational capacity to
improve the security situation
in the country in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s
Agenda on Security.
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of NASENI, Mr.
Khalil Suleiman Halilu, made
the pledge during a meeting with
the Inspector General of Police
(IGP), Mr. Kayode Egbetokun,
when he paid him a visit at the
Force Headquarters on Friday,
February 2, 2024.
According to Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, the Director, Information and Protocol, NASENI, in
a statement on Saturday, the
NASENI boss said the agency
would mobilise and deploy financial and technical resources
needed to retool, upgrade and
modernise the NPF Vehicle
Maintenance Workshops nationwide as well as recover, repair
and reactivate all police vehicles
that are not functional.
In so doing, he mentioned
some of the benefits to be
achieved to include: Improved
security; Compliance to climate
change action as NPF vehicles
are converted from petrol and
diesel to electric and compressed
natural gas (CNG).
Other benefits to be derived
are that the project would support local content efforts by
prioritising the use of locally
manufactured materials; Opportunities for skill acquisition
and job creation and; Commercial returns to sustain ongoing
maintenance of police assets.
