Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has urged the
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to recruit from the men and
women in the state owned Hisbah guards and graduates of the State
Institute for Security.
Governor Ganduje made this call during his
address to the delegation of the Police led by the IGP Arase, who was
in the state on official assessment of the police facilities in the
state.
Kano State governor lamented the small number of police
personnel that are to protect the lives and properties of over 17
million population of Kano.
Dr. Ganduje told the IGP that with the
total population of about 17 million, the current police manpower in
the state have to be increased significantly to operate effectively in
the state.
He urged the IGP to allow for the recruitment of the
state’s indigenes into the police training school in Wudil town, Wudil
local government area of Kano State, adding that as the host of the
college, the state needs more of its indigenes recruited.
In his remarks, Arase warned policemen to avoid illegal detention, and discharging gun bullet against civilians.