{"id":30542,"date":"2020-09-29T18:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30542"},"modified":"2020-09-29T18:55:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T18:55:25","slug":"nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians are afraid of police than criminals \u2013 Gbajabiamila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afirca Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed to overhauling policing in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker stated that Nigerians are scared of police than criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Gbajabiamila stated this in his opening remarks at the resumption of the House following a two-month holiday.<\/p>\n<p>He commended the President for signing the police reform act into law. He added that the Nigeria Police force as presently constituted had failed to meet expectations of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks ago, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, signed the Police Reform Act into law. The Act is the first significant reform effort in a generation. It is the beginning and not the end of such measures. The Nigeria Police Force, as it currently operates, has too long and too often failed to meet the expectations of the Nigerian people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many parts of our country, people are more afraid of encounters with the police than they are of criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not right, and we can no longer stand for it. There will be, in this 9th House of Representatives, further legislation to improve police performance across the board and to introduce mechanisms for individual and collective accountability in the Nigeria Police Force. Our objective is nothing short of a total overhaul of the culture and practice of policing in Nigeria,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker also said the House has commenced work on the armed forces trust fund.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-center code-block-2\">\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn the same vein, we have begun, and we will expedite work on the Armed Forces Trust Fund Bill so that in the shortest possible time, we can finalise and pass legislation that ensures once and for all that the resources we need to protect the homeland are never at the mercy of politics or changes in policy or personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n<nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2\" data-layout=\"list\">\n<div class=\"jp-related-posts-i2__row\" data-post-count=\"3\"><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afirca Press-Nigeria: The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed to overhauling policing in Nigeria. The Speaker stated that Nigerians are scared of police than criminals. Gbajabiamila stated this in his opening remarks at the resumption of the House following a two-month holiday. He commended the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":30545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[97,897],"class_list":["post-30542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-house-of-representatives"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerians are afraid of police than criminals \u2013 Gbajabiamila - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Afirca Press-Nigeria:The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerians are afraid of police than criminals \u2013 Gbajabiamila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Afirca Press-Nigeria:The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the 9th House is committed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-29T18:55:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Femi-Gbajabiamila-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"670\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerians are afraid of police than criminals \u2013 Gbajabiamila\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-29T18:55:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/09\/Femi-Gbajabiamila-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buhari\",\"House of Representatives\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerians-are-afraid-of-police-than-criminals-gbajabiamila\",\"name\":\"Nigerians are afraid of police than criminals \u2013 Gbajabiamila - 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