HOW PWAN IS CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON POLICE REFORM

HOW PWAN IS CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON POLICE REFORM 






By Jennifer Nwosu 

In a quiet but deliberate gathering in Ogun State,on Wednesday 21st January 2026, Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) convened journalists, legal minds and civil society voices for a one-day workshop that set out to rethink how police reform is reported and understood in Nigeria. 

Branded under the organization’s Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative, the workshop was less about headlines and more about perspective; how the media can move beyond urgency and outrage to clarity, context and accountability.

Opening the session, PWAN Executive Director Kemi Okenyodo, whose remarks were delivered by Oreoluwa Fatuyi, framed the conversation around trust. Trust in institutions, in information and in collective responsibility. She spoke to PWAN’s broader mission of strengthening governance and security frameworks across Nigeria and West Africa, while ensuring inclusivity across gender and disability lines. The emphasis, she noted, is on collaboration, integrity and conviction, of which values that must underpin both policing and the journalism that scrutinizes it.

The conversations that followed were layered and reflective. Legal practitioner Tosin Osasona traced the long arc of Police reform in Nigeria, unpacking why successive policies have failed to meet public expectations, citing underfunding, weak accountability and fragile community trust. 

Journalist and consultant Odo Diego-Okenyodo then guided participants through the principles of solutions journalism and developmental reporting, urging a shift from sensationalizm to storytelling that connects policy, institutions and lived experience. 

The day closed with interactive exchanges, practical reporting tools and a shared sense that meaningful reform begins not only in law books, but in how stories are told.

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