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10,000 Successful Police Applicants Begin Training

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The 10,000 successful  applicants  into the Nigeria Police Force have started training on December 31, 2016 in various police colleges and training schools across the country. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Public Relations Officer, Police Service Commission, PSC, who made this known, yesterday, in Abuja, said: “The decision is part of the fallout of the 18th plenary meeting of the commission in Abuja. “The 500 recruited Cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police will be trained for 12 months at the Police Staff College, Jos, Plateau State, while the 500 Cadet Inspectors will be at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos for their training which will also last for 12 months. “The 7,500 constables will be holding their trainings in Police Colleges located in their geo-political zones. The training will last for nine months. South-West states of Lagos, Ondo and Osun, with a total of 652 recruited constables will be trained at the Police College, Ikeja while 477 others from Oyo and Ekiti Sta...

2017 Budget: Allocate 50% To Capital Expenditure, Amb. Tells FG

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The N7 trillion 2017 proposed budget with 30.7 percent capital expenditure and 60.3 percent recurrent expenditure that was presented to joint national assembly on 14th of December 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari has be faulted by an "Advocate for a Better Nigeria", Chief Dr. Amb. Gabriel C. E. Oyibode. - the founder and president of Gabriel Oyibode Foundation, saying "the proposed 7trillion budget for 2017, cannot take Nigeria out of recession" In a statement, Amb. Oyibode said the national assembly should take cognizance of the harsh economy situation in the country. Both the executive and the legislature have to put heads together for a sustainable decisions that will boost Nigeria Economy through job creations from capital projects and investments. He stated that the proposed 2017 budget with the amount allocated to capital expenditure is not enough to take us out of recession. "In a country like Nigeria where we have over 150 million population...