The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that the National Assembly is ready to provide the necessary legislative backing for the review of outdated laws.
According to him, this move will promote police reforms and professionalism.
Akpabio stated this during the Police Service Commission Board Induction/Strategic Management session in Ikot Ekpene on Monday.
The Senate President, who was represented by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, called for the introduction of a reward system for outstanding police officers.
He said Nigeria must begin to institutionalise merit, discipline, and integrity over mediocrity, favouritism, and impunity, stressing that reforms in the police require courage that will disrupt the status quo.
He urged the PSC to adopt policies that would make the police protectors instead of predators, and deliver justice instead of judgment.
Akpabio also called for the adaptation of community policing models that emphasise empathy, conflict resolution, and neighbourhood engagement, like those in Japan and Finland.
Reform requires courageous disruption. In Singapore, police transformation was anchored on stringent recruitment standards, transparency in promotions, and fierce accountability.
How?