The Senate has passed a bill seeking to increase the statutory allocation to the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) from 0.5 percent to one percent of revenue accruing to the federation account.
The legislation, titled the Police Trust Fund Act (Repeal
and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, was passed after lawmakers considered and adopted
the report of the Senate Committee on police affairs.
Presenting the report, Mallam-Madori Ahmed, chairman of the
committee, urged the senate to adopt the recommendations on the executive bill
designed to strengthen the legal and institutional framework for funding the
NPF.
Ahmed said the bill seeks to provide sustainable financing
for police training, procurement of security equipment, acquisition of
operational assets and improvement of personnel welfare.
He added that the legislation is intended to enhance
accountability, efficiency, and service delivery within the police force.
According to the lawmaker, the bill would strengthen
Nigeria’s policing architecture by improving intelligence gathering and
boosting efforts to combat crime and insecurity.
Opeyemi Bamidele, senate leader, who sponsored the bill,
described the legislation as a strategic national security intervention aimed
at addressing chronic underfunding, obsolete equipment, inadequate
infrastructure, and welfare challenges within the police force.
Bamidele said the proposal seeks to repeal the Nigeria
Police Trust Fund Act, 2019, and replace it with a more comprehensive framework
capable of addressing longstanding challenges facing the force.
The senate leader said Nigeria faces evolving security
threats, including insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime
and communal unrest.
According to him, the proposed funding model goes beyond
allocations from the federation account and incorporates development levies,
government interventions, international grants and private sector
contributions.
“The new bill seeks to establish a more robust, transparent,
and accountable funding mechanism,” he said.
“It aims to ensure predictable funding streams, enhance
operational capacity and technology adoption, improve personnel welfare, and
align policing with global standards.”
Bamidele said the trust fund would derive its resources from
one percent of total revenue accruing to the federation account.
He said funding would also come from development levies
provided under relevant tax laws, adding that the framework provides for grants
and interventions from federal, state, and local governments.
He said the trust fund would also receive donations and
support from bilateral and multilateral development partners as well as
contributions and endowments from the private sector.
Bamidele said the diversified funding arrangement would
reduce dependence on annual budgetary allocations and guarantee long-term
sustainability.
PRIORITY AREAS
The senate leader said resources from the trust fund would
be deployed to priority areas, including the acquisition of modern security
equipment and operational tools.
He said the fund would support the deployment of digital
surveillance systems and forensic technology.
Bamidele added that the legislation would facilitate the
construction and rehabilitation of police facilities, strengthen training
institutions, and enhance intelligence-gathering capabilities.
He said the framework would also support emergency response
interventions during internal security crises and improve welfare packages for
police officers and personnel.
With its passage by the senate, the bill will proceed to the
next stage of the legislative process before it can be transmitted to the
president for assent.
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