Kashim Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima. Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X

The Federal Government has awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of 13 police training institutions across the country, with the rehabilitation expected to last for three weeks.

This was disclosed in a State House release on Thursday by Stanley Nkwocha, the media aide to Vice President Kashim Shettima.

According to the statement, the announcement was made during the 160th meeting of the National Economic Council in Abuja.

Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X

Shettima, who chaired the meeting, urged the council to “sustain ongoing reforms until improvements in the economy translate into jobs, stronger purchasing power, business confidence and better living conditions for Nigerians.

“The rehabilitation of the 13 police training institutions, which is set to last for a period of three weeks, is aimed at putting the institutions in shape for the commencement of training programmes by the Nigerian Police Force.”

It noted that the VP also approved the Revised National Social Protection Policy (NSPP: 2026 – 2030) as presented by the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu,

Shettima urged states to align with the Social Protection Policies, Laws, Budgets and Implementation plans with the Reviewed National Social Protection Policy.

The NSPP: 2026 – 2030 is a national policy framework for “strengthening social protection coordination, financing, implementation, monitoring and accountability across the federation. The policy proposes the establishment of a National Social Protection Council which will provide overarching oversight of coordination and implementation.”

Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X

The council will be chaired by Shettima, while the Ministers of Budget and Economic Planning, Labour and Employment, and Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction will serve as Vice chairmen.

Also, the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning is to serve as the council’s Secretariat, while six governors representing each of the six geopolitical zones will serve as members.

In his remark during the meeting, Shettima said, “There is no doubt that a serious government is measured by the matters it refuses to abandon. While attention may reveal a problem, continuity determines whether the problem yields to policy,” he said.

The VP stressed the significance of macroeconomic improvements, just as he called for sustained continuity on existing programmes and commitments.

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He said, “Macroeconomic progress must, therefore, continue its passage into jobs, purchasing power, business confidence and stronger subnational economies, because numbers become politically meaningful when citizens recognise themselves in their improvement.

“Continuity is a form of accountability: yesterday’s promise still deserves a place on today’s table, and no new priority absolves us of an old responsibility.”

He added that President Bola Tinubu expects the NEC to transform policies into outcomes that can be seen and felt by Nigerians.