The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, named members of the Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund.

A former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, is the chairman of the board, which has seven other members.

The others are Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto (Executive Secretary); Nnamdi Maurice (representing Ministry of Police Affairs); Inspector-General of Police (Mohammed Adamu, representing Nigeria Police Force); Usman Bilkisu (representing Ministry of Justice); Ben Akabueze (Director-General, Budget, and National Planning, representing Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning); Mansur Ahmed (representing Organised Labour); and Michael Adebiyi (representing Civil Society Group).null

Buhari explained that the appointments were in line with the provision of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Establishment Act 2019.

“The above appointments are in furtherance of the Buhari administration’s commitment and drive to retooling policing architecture in the country by emplacing the Police Trust Fund to meet the aspiration of a well-funded, equipped and highly professional Nigeria Police Force in line with international best practices.

“This objective informed President Buhari’s re-establishment of the Ministry of Police Affairs on August 20, 2019”, presidential spokesman, Mr Garba Shehu, said in a statement.