 The federal government has reassured Nigerians of its unweathering commitment and readiness to provide the needed resources to bring to an end to terrorism, banditry and other forms of insecurity in the country. The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Lingyadi, while speaking at the commissioning ceremony of the West Africa Police Information System WAPES in Abuja, says the Center in Nigeria will help promote interagency's collaboration towards intelligence sharing that will provide the security architecture of the country and the West Africa region. He says progress achieved in the implementation of the WAPES agreement signed by the federal government in 2019 will also help build the capacity of national law enforcement agencies. With outeducated police force that is well equipped, trained, motivated and technology driven, whatever facility we put in place to assist in fighting crime will not facilitate the desired results. I would therefore like to reassure Nigerians in that particular officers and men of Nigerian police that President Mohammed Bahari is fully committed to the fight against all criminalities and stables of peace in the country. Government is therefore determined to provide the needed facilities for police to assist them in the fight against all the crimes done in the country. The facilities and technical expertise provided will remain a source of breakthrough for Nigeria police in tracking major crimes during the West African subregion. The operation of WAPES program at this critical period when Nigeria and West African subregion are faced with critical security challenges will graciously enrich the Nigeria police force in our effort to combat organized and trans national crimes. As today's inauguration illustrates, we have the means, we have the people, a huge strong political commitment that Nigeria has already demonstrated to take the influence of the police. For the WAPES center to be fully effective, some work still needs doing. So we need an adoption, as was mentioned by predecessors as well, of the law on data protection applicable to the WAPES system. We also need to ensure that staff continuity exists and the request of Nigerian staff that is trained for the use of WAPES should remain in place for at least three years. We also would like to see making the WAPES system mandatory for rapid national ownership. I'd like to draw your excellency's attention to the fact that the WAPES program is due to come to a land in June 2022. However, most of the activities could not be accomplished within the project period as a result of bureaucratic obstacles in the operationalization process at the national level and the absence of national budgets to support the project, which have also been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. On behalf of the Air Force Commission and our 15 member states, I'd like to appeal to the European Union, our funding partner, to kindly consider extending the implementation phase of the WAPES project beyond June 2022 for at least a period of 18 to 24 months in order to ensure its successful implementation in the remaining member states.