Tinubu Approves New Police Academy Campus in Ogun State; Orders ₦15bn Take-Off Grant from TETFund to Accelerate Training Infrastructure

The Federal Government has “flipped the script” on police training, moving to decentralize the nation’s premier law enforcement university. The Presidency announced the approval of a new satellite campus for the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South LGA, Ogun State. The “Solution” to the current capacity limits at the Wudil, Kano, facility is this ₦15 billion investment, which aims to produce a new generation of officers trained to meet the “Tsunami” of modern security challenges.

The “Drill or Drop” urgency of this project was reflected in the high-level consultative meetings that led to the decision, involving the Ministers of Police Affairs and Education, the Inspector-General of Police, and the National Universities Commission (NUC). By utilizing the 2026 TETFund allocation, the government is “tinkering” with how it finances national security treating police education as a core component of the nation’s higher education mandate. “The expansion is aimed at strengthening institutional governance, modern policing education, and national security,” noted presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga.

The “Renewed Hope” for a more efficient, tech-savvy police force is tied to this expansion, especially as the force continues its massive drive to recruit 30,000 new officers annually. For the people of Yewa South, the choice of Erinja is a major economic boost, promising to turn their community into a hub for “digital trenches” training and academic excellence. While the Wudil campus remains the headquarters, the Ogun facility will be the first satellite campus to operate under the 2021 Establishment Act.

As the 2027 political cycle looms and the government balances its ₦73 trillion economic budget, this move is a signal of the administration’s “script” for the police force: professionalization through infrastructure. For the thousands of young Nigerians currently applying for police service, the message today is one of scale—the government is building the room to accommodate a much larger, and hopefully better-trained, police force.