By Chioma Obinagwam
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020 into law.
Confiance News gathered from the official Twitter handle of the Personal Assistant on New Media to Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, on Thursday.
“@MBuhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President @MBuhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. The President in a memo dated September 16th, 2020, communicated his assent to the Bill to the National Assembly, through the Clerk of the legislature,” he disclosed on Twitter.
According to him, “the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020 which PMB signed into law repeals the Police Act Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation, 2004, and provides for a more effective and well organized Police Force, driven by the principles of transparency in its operations and management of its resources.”
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is the principal law enforcement agency in Nigeria, headed by the Inspector General of Police.
