Tinubu’s 2027 Manifesto Pledges 108,150 More Security Personnel

The APC’s 2027–2031 manifesto says a second Tinubu term would expand Nigeria’s security workforce by 108,150 personnel. The plan combines recruitment targets for the police and military with a proposed expansion of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The figures include 50,000 police officers, 28,000 military personnel and 30,150 NSCDC personnel. The police and military targets had been announced previously: Tinubu approved 20,000 additional police recruits in November 2025 and 28,000 military recruits in July 2026, alongside plans to expand the Army from eight divisions to 12. The manifesto promises to train and deploy the recruits, equip the four new Army divisions and move some static security duties from the police to the NSCDC. It also proposes digital police records, mapping tools, body cameras, emergency dispatch channels, forensic facilities and a legal framework for accountable state and community policing. The document gives no separate timeline or cost breakdown for recruiting the 30,150 NSCDC personnel. The proposals come as insurgency, banditry and communal clashes continue to stretch Nigeria’s security forces.

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