President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a new campus of the Nigerian Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area, in Ogun State and injecting the sum of ₦15 billion naira as take-off grant from TETFund’s 2026 allocation.
The funds will rapidly build essential infrastructure, academic facilities, student hostels and modern training equipment to ensure the campus is properly operational without delay. If this initiative is completed, it will be the first satellite campus; under the Nigerian Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, aimed at expanding the Kano-based institution into a multi-campus university.
The Erinja site was selected after high-level consultations, involving the Ministers of Police Affairs and Education, Inspector-General of Police and National Universities Commission, a move to consider the student’s capacity, funding, academic standards, and Force’s growing recruitment needs.
This institution was Established in 1988 and upgraded to degree-awarding Federal University in 2012, the Academy trains officers in law enforcement, law, sciences, and other related fields of study.
The new campus is expected to wide access to quality policing education, strengthen professional standards, and help to meet the Nigeria’s security manpower demands.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, described the move as a smart investment in security and human capital under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubo’s led administration and It also aligns with the House of Representatives’ call for academy campuses across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones of the country.
On the same development, President Tinubu has additionally approved a new Governing Council for the Academy, chaired by the Minister of Police Affairs Senator Ibrahim Gaidam.
