PSC seeks technology-driven police, UNIJOS offers partnership

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, retired Inspector General of Police, on Tuesday hosted a delegation from the University of Jos, led by the University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Tanko Ishaya.

The delegation was in the Commission to seek partnership and collaboration between the commission and the university in areas of training, research and knowledge acquisition.

The PSC Chairman announced that he had a dream of a Nigeria Police Force that is technology driven and knowledge based.

He noted that policing had become scientific and technology driven and promised to partner the University of Jos to develop officers for the challenging task of modern policing.

He said, “Police is no more manual or analogue, it has become knowledge based and technology driven and this is the only way we can confront the security challenges facing our nation. We can only reclaim and occupy the ungoverned spaces when we embrace this modern policing”.

Ishaya had earlier told the PSC Chairman that the delegation was in his office to discuss possible areas of collaboration and partnership with the commission.

Ishaya said the university could assist by training the police officers in cyber security, intelligence gathering, psychology,  law and other fields that would help them improve their policing duties.

“We have experts, we have the manpower, we also have a Directorate of Internal Security and we can put together a training manual/programmes for the Police”, he told the PSC Chairman

The Vice Chancellor’s delegation include Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, Deputy Vice Chancellor Administration; Dr. Rejoice James Songden, Registrar; and Mr Philip Fada Umbugala, Bursar.

Others  are Nansak Nimchak, Yakubu Gomos, Dr. Lami Temine, Mrs. Shitnaan Hoomkwap and Nasuk Maigida.