With New Ministers, Buhari Confronts Nigeria’s Challenges, Offers Fresh Hope (II)

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c148387c buhari and ministers 1 With New Ministers, Buhari Confronts Nigeria’s Challenges, Offers Fresh Hope (II)

As ministers took their oath of office on Wednesday and were allocated their portfolios, THISDAY correspondents, in continuation of the Special Report, which began yesterday, dwell on the challenges and opportunities each of them would encounter in their new assignment and what their stewardship portends for the nation

Police Affairs: Promoting Efficiency in Crime Fighting

The new minister has his job neatly cut out for him as he takes office against the mounting insecurity in the country exacerbated by kidnapping for ransom, banditry and insurgency. That the police are overwhelmed in tackling these challenges is obvious. Many analysts say the inability of the force to rise to the occasion is worsened by the endemic challenges of corruption, inadequate funding and equipment.

Hitherto subsumed under the Ministry of Interior, the case had been made that given the growth of violent crimes and the inadequacy of the police, it had become…



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