NEC appoints Peter Mbah to lead committee on Security Training Reform

The National Economic Council (NEC) has appointed the Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, as Chairman of a new committee tasked with reforming training institutions for Nigeria’s security agencies.

The decision was reached during the 152nd NEC meeting held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where the Council approved President Bola Tinubu’s proposal to modernize security training facilities across the country.

Governor Mbah will head the committee alongside Governors Uba Sani (Kaduna), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Kefas Agbu (Taraba), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa). Former Inspector-General of Police, Baba Usman, was appointed as Secretary.

President Tinubu, while addressing the Council, emphasized the urgency of the assignment, saying: “We must make our security training institutions more conducive for both trainers and trainees.”

The committee has one month to present a comprehensive blueprint for the renovation and modernization of training facilities for the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies, as part of the administration’s broader effort to strengthen national security.