Nigeria: Senate to Change Police Name

26 July 2017

The Nigerian Senate has pushed for the change of name from the Nigerians Police Force to simply the Nigerian Police. This is part of the recommendations in the 29 bills approved by the Senate in the ongoing Constitution amendment process.

Some stakeholders in the security sector have claimed that the if the word force is removed from the Nigerian Police, it will better drive home the reality that the police is really "your friend" especially because friends don't need force, like the military, in relating with fellow friends.

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