President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new campus of the Nigeria Police Academy in Erinja, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, alongside a N15 billion take-off grant for the project, according to a State House statement issued on Monday, April 20, 2026.
The presidency said the approval was in line with the Nigeria Police Academy (Establishment) Act, 2021, which provides for the expansion of the academy’s main campus in Wudil, Kano State, into multiple campuses across the country.
The statement said the intervention fund would be drawn from the TETFund 2026 allocation and used to finance priority infrastructure, academic facilities, student accommodation and core training assets for the new campus.
According to the presidency, the decision followed a high-level consultative meeting involving the Minister of Police Affairs, the Minister of Education, 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 recommended Erinja as the site of the new campus after reviewing student intake capacity, funding realities, academic quality assurance and the long-term manpower needs of the Nigeria Police Force.
President Tinubu said the expansion of the academy would strengthen institutional governance, modern policing education and national security.
