The Senate has passed a bill seeking to increase the statutory allocation to the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF) from 0.5 percent to one percent of revenue accruing to the federation account.
The legislation, titled the Police Trust Fund Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, was passed after lawmakers considered and adopted the report of the Senate Committee on police affairs.
Presenting the report, Mallam-Madori Ahmed, chairman of the committee, urged the senate to adopt the recommendations on the executive bill designed to strengthen the legal and institutional framework for funding the NPF.
Ahmed said the bill seeks to provide sustainable financing for police training, procurement of security equipment, acquisition of operational assets and improvement of personnel welfare.
He added that the legislation is intended to enhance accountability, efficiency, and service delivery within the police force.
According to the lawmaker, the bill would strengthen Nigeria’s policing architecture by improving intelligence gathering and boosting efforts to combat crime and insecurity.
Opeyemi Bamidele, senate leader, who sponsored the bill, described the legislation as a strategic national security intervention aimed at addressing chronic underfunding, obsolete equipment, inadequate infrastructure, and welfare challenges within the police force.
Bamidele said the proposal seeks to repeal the Nigeria Police Trust Fund Act, 2019, and replace it with a more comprehensive framework capable of addressing longstanding challenges facing the force.
The senate leader said Nigeria faces evolving security threats, including insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, cybercrime and communal unrest.
According to him, the proposed funding model goes beyond allocations from the federation account and incorporates development levies, government interventions, international grants and private sector contributions.
“The new bill seeks to establish a more robust, transparent, and accountable funding mechanism,” he said.
“It aims to ensure predictable funding streams, enhance operational capacity and technology adoption, improve personnel welfare, and align policing with global standards.”
Bamidele said the trust fund would derive its resources from one percent of total revenue accruing to the federation account.
He said funding would also come from development levies provided under relevant tax laws, adding that the framework provides for grants and interventions from federal, state, and local governments.
He said the trust fund would also receive donations and support from bilateral and multilateral development partners as well as contributions and endowments from the private sector.
Bamidele said the diversified funding arrangement would reduce dependence on annual budgetary allocations and guarantee long-term sustainability.
PRIORITY AREAS
The senate leader said resources from the trust fund would be deployed to priority areas, including the acquisition of modern security equipment and operational tools.
He said the fund would support the deployment of digital surveillance systems and forensic technology.
Bamidele added that the legislation would facilitate the construction and rehabilitation of police facilities, strengthen training institutions, and enhance intelligence-gathering capabilities.
He said the framework would also support emergency response interventions during internal security crises and improve welfare packages for police officers and personnel.
With its passage by the senate, the bill will proceed to the next stage of the legislative process before it can be transmitted to the president for assent.
