🇳🇬 Nigeria 4d ago · Adeyinka Salami

Senate Pushes Police Trust Fund Overhaul, Raises Allocation to 1% Amid Sharp Fiscal Concerns

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• Advances bill for second reading; lawmakers warn of pressure on Federation Account 



•Demands stronger accountability safeguards



Sunday Aborisade in Abuja



The Senate on Tuesday advanced efforts to overhaul police funding by passing the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (Establishment) Bill, 2025, for second reading, proposing to raise the statutory allocation to 1 per cent of revenue accruing to the Federation Account, even as lawmakers expressed concerns over its fiscal and constitutiona

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