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Thursday, October 7th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Alapini seeks contingency funds for Police Colleges By Maxwell Oditta Senior Correspondent, Lagos   Police Colleges in the country would need a special contingency provision from the Federal Government or else wait for the new financial year before they can hope to receive adequate funding and improve on the quality of meals served police trainees. Commandant of Police College, Ikeja, Tunji Alapini, made the disclosure on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, stating that several weeks after separate visits by the Senate Committee on Public Finance and the Nigeria Police Force, trainee welfare and the state of infrastructure at the college remain the same. “The reason is not far-fetched. Whatever promises the committees made during their visits, after listening to the catalogue of problems confronting this college and others, cannot be met immediately, since funds for such reformation were not already incorporated into this year’s budget,” Alapini, a Commissioner of Police, stated. He expressed the belief that the Senate committees, which visited colleges and other police units, would with time fulfill promises made the moment the enabling resources are available. “ I like to believe they are at the moment working towards making Police College funding a priority area in next year’s budgetary allocation to the various sectors. When the Senate committees visited, they promised to reform the system of funding. I believe that the committee members would made good their words at a time they consider appropriate, especially if they get the cooperation of other arms of government. We are in a democratic dispensation, and everything has to go through procedure,” he said. The college commandant lamented that the problem of feeding each trainee with N150 per day still lingers, despite the curiosity it roused in government circles, saying the college management cannot by any ingenious means arrest consequent starvation of trainees.     Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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