THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE HAD SPENT N600 MILLION ON DOGS,FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.

                       Today thursday Inspector General of Police Mr Solomon Arase,made the disclosure at the inauguration of the Police Dog Breeding Centre and Ultra ModernMounted Troop in Abuja.He said ''The Nigerian Police Force,had spent over N600 million on the procurement and maintenance of foreign dogs in the last few years.This is certainly not sustainable in the face of the current dwindling resources.So much money was being spent on the importation of dogs from foreign countries that rarely adapted to the country's policing objective.The projects inaugurated were funded within the budgetary provisions of the Force Animal Branch.The force animal branch had remained under utilised in the past while the force continued to rely on importation of dogs and other animals for its operations.The centre was built to aid the police acquire capacity to locally breed police dogs as well as support other security agencies in the country.The centre if effectively utilised,would save the nation some foreign exchange that would have gone into procurement of dogs from foreign countries.The centre had the capacity to breed and supply police dogs to the entire West African Sun-region.It is projected that at optimal breeding capacity,it can produce well above 200 dogs per year.The establishment of the facilities was part of the long term strategies aimed at restoring police primacy and aligning it to best global standards''.In a remark,the Minister of Interior,retired Lt-Gen,Abdulrahman Dambazau said the projects were timely considering the current security challenges facing the country.Dambazau said that Nigerians deserved a police that was competent and reliable.He said that the projects would not only reduce spending but would also provide job opportunities for other Nigerians aside from the police.More photos below.