By Danjuma Amodu | April 20, 2026
ABUJA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, with a special take-off grant of ₦15 billion.
The approval, announced in a State House press release on Sunday, is in fulfilment of the provisions of the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, which provides for the expansion of the academy into multiple campuses across the country.
According to the statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the intervention fund will be sourced from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s 2026 allocation. It is expected to finance priority infrastructure, academic facilities, student accommodation, and core training assets for the new campus.
The decision followed a high-level consultative meeting involving the Minister of Police Affairs, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, officials of the Federal Ministry of Education, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission.
The meeting considered student intake capacity, funding realities, academic quality assurance, and the long-term manpower needs of the Nigeria Police Force, which is currently recruiting additional personnel.
President Tinubu said the expansion would strengthen institutional governance, modernise policing education, and enhance national security.
The Nigeria Police Academy, the sole degree-awarding institution for the Nigeria Police Force, was established to produce professionally trained officers with academic and practical competence for modern policing.
Its origins date back to 1988 when it was set up as the Police Academy, Wudil, in Kano State, to train cadet Assistant Superintendents of Police and cadet Inspectors. For years, it operated as a training institution under the Office of the Inspector-General of Police.
In 2012, the Federal Government upgraded the academy to a degree-awarding institution, modelled after the Nigerian Defence Academy. This was later given legal backing by the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, signed into law by former President Muhammadu Buhari. The Act formally recognised the academy as a federal university and provided for the establishment of additional campuses nationwide to meet growing training demands.
Until now, the academy has operated solely from its main campus in Wudil, Kano State. The campus offers five-year academic and professional training programmes leading to bachelor’s degrees and automatic commissioning into the Nigeria Police Force as Assistant Superintendents of Police.
The Erinja campus in Ogun State will be the first satellite campus created under the 2021 Act, signalling a major decentralisation of police officer training. The move aligns with ongoing police reforms aimed at improving capacity, geographical spread, and access to professional policing education across the six geopolitical zones.
