 The Police Council has confirmed the appointment of Kayo Dei Wetokun as the 22nd Substantive Inspector General of Police. This was disclosed by the Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Gaydam, after a meeting presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinobu at the State House Abuja. Council members believe very strongly that the new IGP has the capacity to carry out government reforms that will bring insecurity to an end across the country. Based on our records and what we have practically seen in him, he has a very rich CV. He has attended several police and security courses and he is imminently actually qualified to be confirmed as a policeman. During my short period of time of, say, as a minister of police affairs, I worked closely with him. I found him to be very qualified, very honest, very transparent and very hardworking. It was the decision of the Council that confirming him now, we give him the necessary confidence to lead his men. And apart from the confirmation, we also talk the President is also desirous of security sector reforms. So I believe very strongly that so far with the few months that the IG has demonstrated as acting IG, it is clear that he knows what is happening in this country, is concerned about the challenges that we are having. Governor of Ogun State, Dapoab Yodun, said IGPA Betokun highlighted some of the reforms that are key to tackling security challenges in Nigeria, including the need for technology driven and community based policing and improved budget provision. Police also came up and I'm sure this committee of four or five will look at these critical issues that border on reforms was observed that there has been no reform since, no meaningful reform since the establishment of the Nigerian police force, which some of us found very shocking. But I'm sure that with these experience men that will be sitting down, they will come up with ideas that will lead to reforms that will now characterize the new Nigerian police force. Thank you very much. Before this confirmation as the 22nd substantive IGPA, Betokun was a deputy inspector general of police representing the southwest geopolitical zone of the country.