President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, alongside a special take-off grant of N15 billion to support its development. The Presidency said the approval is in line with the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, which allows the Wudil, Kano-based institution to expand into multiple campuses across the country.
According to a statement by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, the N15 billion intervention fund will come from the TETFund 2026 allocation and will be used to provide core infrastructure, academic facilities, student accommodation and training assets for the new campus. The Presidency said the move is intended to strengthen institutional governance, improve policing education and support national security needs as the Nigeria Police Force expands recruitment.
The decision to locate the new campus in Erinja followed a high-level consultative meeting involving the Minister of Police Affairs, the Minister of Education Tunji Alausa, officials of the Federal Ministry of Education, the Inspector-General of Police and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission. The discussions, according to the statement, focused on student intake capacity, funding sustainability, academic quality assurance and the long-term manpower requirements of the police.
The approval marks a significant step in the planned decentralisation of the Police Academy, which has operated mainly from its Kano campus. By extending the institution’s footprint to Ogun State, the Federal Government appears to be responding both to the growing demand for police training capacity and to the broader goal of spreading federal security and educational infrastructure more evenly across the country. That is an inference from the stated legal framework and funding decision, rather than a separately announced policy objective.
The announcement also comes at a time when the Tinubu administration has been emphasising reforms in policing, internal security and tertiary education financing. With the take-off grant already approved, attention is likely to shift next to implementation timelines, construction planning and how quickly the Ogun campus can begin academic and training operations.
