Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade, who said this during the unveiling of the 2013 Police Week Celebration in Abuja on Monday, noted that a Presidential Committee has been set up to assess the state of forensic laboratories currently in use by the Police and other security agencies in the country.
Olubolade said the committee would advise the Federal Government on the modalities for upgrading the available ones and the technical and financial implications of establishing new ones in line with global standards.
The establishment of the laboratories would enhance the operations of the Police and other security agencies at crime scenes, forgery, DNA and paternity investigations as well as in prosecution, the Minister said.
He therefore directed data collection agencies like the Police, Nigeria Immigration Services, Customs, Prisons, Independent National Electoral Commission, National Identity Management Commission among others to be ready for data integration in order to facilitate crime detection and prosecution.
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