We are working to reshape Police Force, Minister tells First Lady
Minister of State for Police Affairs, Hon Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has stated the Police Affairs Ministry is working on bold initiatives aimed at addressing challenges and fundamentally reshaping the Force into a modern, responsive, intelligence-driven and technology-based institution.
She spoke on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with the First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu.
While welcoming the Minister, who was accompanied by senior female police officers, Mrs Tinubu stated that efforts to reshape Nigeria and address societal ills plaguing the female gender require active participation of women.
Noting with pride the fact that a large number of women are actively involved in policing and securing the country, the First Lady said the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given more room to women to contribute their own quota to national development.
” It is the beginning of a new dawn for women in the country as the current administration will give women more room to contribute their quota. I am also looking for ways to contribute. We can not have a Nigeria without people doing new and great things,” she stressed.
On how the senior female police officers and other women can help forge a better Nigeria, Tinubu charged the Minister to lead the action in addressing some of the ills such as rape, child abuse, human trafficking and proliferation of baby factories, that affect them the most in the society.
“Women must thrive and be empowered in a safe environment. We want to see our children not abused through crimes and maltreatment, rape of minors and children. There must be reduction in cases of human trafficking, organ harvesting and baby factory.”
Applauding the steadfast advocacy by the First Lady for setting the pace and advancing the interest of women in the country, Sulaiman-Ibrahim noted that gender equality, safeguarding of human rights and empowerment of women were key anchors of a just and fair society.
According to her: “We are working on bold initiatives aimed at not only addressing existing challenges but fundamentally reshaping the Nigeria Police into a modern, responsive, intelligence-led and technology-driven institution.
“We recognise the limitations of past reforms and are now taking a more proactive and holistic transformation that permeates every facet of police operations.
We are here today not just to discuss but to seek your collaboration, for we understand that the collective advancement of these crucial issues requires your esteemed support and partnership”.
The Former DG of NAPTIP and Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Sulaiman-Ibrahim is the First female Minister of State for Police Affairs in Nigeria.
