President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Police authorities he will not tolerate any irregularities or extortion of money from unemployed Nigerians in the forthcoming recruitment into the force. The President made his stance known at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police affairs and the Police Service Commission in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.
He expressed sadness at applicants having to pay bribes before being accepted into the police in time past noting that this was totally unacceptable. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, President Buhari admonished officials in charge of recruitment and training in the Police to be above board and eschew every form of extortion and underhand dealing. He also directed the inspector-general of police to prune down the number of policemen attached to dignitaries, and to redeploy all Policemen withdrawn from that role to regular police duties. On the stagnation of Policemen on a rank for many years, the President counselled the Police Service Commission to review the current structure of the police, and make recommendations on how the problem can be solved to boost the morale of serving policemen. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police affairs, James Obiegbu had, in his briefing, listed inadequate police personnel, dwindling finances and non-rehabilitation of Police training schools as some challenges facing the Police. For his part Chairman of Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro said the country needed to have more than the 305,579 Policemen and women which it has at present for effective policing.
He expressed sadness at applicants having to pay bribes before being accepted into the police in time past noting that this was totally unacceptable. In a statement signed by Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, President Buhari admonished officials in charge of recruitment and training in the Police to be above board and eschew every form of extortion and underhand dealing. He also directed the inspector-general of police to prune down the number of policemen attached to dignitaries, and to redeploy all Policemen withdrawn from that role to regular police duties. On the stagnation of Policemen on a rank for many years, the President counselled the Police Service Commission to review the current structure of the police, and make recommendations on how the problem can be solved to boost the morale of serving policemen. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Police affairs, James Obiegbu had, in his briefing, listed inadequate police personnel, dwindling finances and non-rehabilitation of Police training schools as some challenges facing the Police. For his part Chairman of Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro said the country needed to have more than the 305,579 Policemen and women which it has at present for effective policing.
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