Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, sensing the low morale of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, has approved the promotion of 82,779 Officers to boost morale
OpenLife Nigeria reports that a major fall out effect of the recent #End SARS protests that lasted weeks across the Nigeria has necessitated the leadership of Police to elevate junior officers who were mostly affected.
In a statement signed by Deputy Commissioner Frank Mba and obtained by OpenLife, the Inspector General of Police approved the elevation to enhance efficiency.
According to the statement, the #EndSARS protest stretched the patience of officers and men of the force beyond reasonable limits who deployed the best of intelligence in managing the situation.
However, a combination of hijack by hoodlums and the professional respect for fundamental human rights, resulted to loss of lives and destruction of property including outright theft and vandalism.
The statement reads:
“IGP Mohammed Adamu, on 23rd November, 2020 approved the promotion of Eighty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine (82,779) Junior Police Officers to their next ranks.
“The promotion of the officers comprising 56,779 Sergeants to Inspector, 17,569 Corporal to Sergeants and 8,431 Constables to Corporal is part of the on-going efforts at boosting the morale of personnel and repositioning the Force for greater efficiency. Those promoted also include 86 junior officers negatively impacted by the ENDSARS riots – 16 got special posthumous promotion while 70 others injured during the violence arising from the ENDSARS protests were equally specially promoted.
“Inspector General, while congratulating the officers, charged them to see their promotion as a mark of additional responsibility and a call to rededicate themselves to their professional calling. He enjoined them to continue to carry out their duties diligently and in conformity with best practices and respect for the rights of the citizen. He noted that the promotion albeit, posthumously, of the officers who were killed by some ENDSARS protesters is a symbolic gesture in recognition of the ultimate price they paid in the service of the nation.
“He promised to work with all relevant agencies, organs of Government and other stakeholders in driving a successful reform of the Police for improved welfare and conditions of service towards better service delivery to the people.”
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