Police buy 150 dogs for N37 million – Daily Trust

N37 million was spent by the Nigeria Police to purchase 150 trained security dogs and their accessories this year out of the N50 million budgeted for it, Police Affairs Minister Ibrahim Lame said in Abuja yesterday. He said capital appropriation was given for the procurement of assorted dogs to resuscitate the police force’s Dogs Section.

He said contracts were awarded for 150 trained police dogs, 250 choke chains, 250 leaches, 200 grooming brushes, 200 grooming combs and 200 kennel collars, all of which were supplied.

The Minister spoke at the Annual Ministerial Press Briefing which is the first to be organised by the Ministry since it was demerged from the Ministry of Interior in 2008.

At the occasion, Lame justified the expenditure saying, “The Dog Section of the Nigeria Police which had proven to be effective in areas of crime detection, riot control and sniffing duties (for narcotics and hard drugs) at the airports between 1963-1984 witnessed a sharp decline and total collapse from 1985-1991.  In fact by 1992, there was no single dog in the kennels of the Nigeria Police Force.”