Section 26 Nigeria Police Act

Section 26 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Funding of the Police Force. It is under Part VI (Financial Provisions) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) There is established and maintained for the Police Force a fund (in this Act referred to as “the General Fund”) into which shall be paid-

(a) budgetary allocations for capital and recurrent expenditure, for members of the Police Force and the Traffic Warden Service established under this Act and the other staff of the Police Force, as may be appropriated by an Act of the National Assembly for the Police Force;

(b) such contributions as may be made available to the Police Force, for the purposes of this Act, by the State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja;

(c) aid and assistance from international bilateral and multilateral organisations provided that the purpose for the aid or assistance does not conflict with the objectives of this Act;

(d) all sums of money accruing to the Police force by way of grants-in-aid, gifts, testamentary dispositions, endowments and contributions from any other source ;

(e) all money generated by the Police Force in 1l1e course of its operations, including two-thirds of fees paid-
(i) by members of the public in respect of extracts from police reports, and
(ii) in accordance with standing orders for services of police officers who would otherwise be off duty, and

(f) any other financial resource that may be vested in or accrue to the Police Force in the course of performing its functions under this Act or any other law.

(2) A State Government or the Federal Capital Territory, as the case may be, shall-
(a) keep records of all contributions made ; and
(b) specify the purpose for which a contribution is made under subsection (1)(b).