Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has advocated better welfare package for the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force to motivate them for quality service delivery.
The Governor made the call when he received executive members of the Board of Trustees of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund in his office in Ado Ekiti.
Dr. Fayemi who spoke through the Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, said welfare of officers and men of the Nigeria Police should be accorded priority because of their importance in maintaining security of lives and property.
He identified areas that the Police need motivation to include better salary and allowances, training, housing scheme, insurance and state-of-the-art equipment to tackle insecurity and all forms of crimes and criminality across the length and breadth of the country.
Speaking earlier, leader of the.delegation and member Police Trust Fund, Dr. Mike Adebiyi, commended the Ekiti State Government for its moral, financial and logistics support to the Police.
Dr. Adebiyi disclosed that the Police Trust Fund was established by President Muhammadu Buhari, to mobilise funds in order to improve the funding of the Police in view of the fact that the security force was underfunded.
