Inspector General Of Police Elevates 82,779 Officers

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Inspector General of Police&comma; IGP Mohammed Adamu&comma; sensing the low morale of officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force&comma; has approved the promotion of 82&comma;779 Officers to boost morale<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that a major fall out effect of the recent &num;End SARS protests that lasted weeks across the Nigeria has necessitated the leadership of Police to elevate junior officers who were mostly affected&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement signed by Deputy Commissioner Frank Mba and obtained by OpenLife&comma; the Inspector <strong>General<&sol;strong> of Police approved the elevation to enhance efficiency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the statement&comma; the &num;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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; a combination of hijack by hoodlums and the professional respect for fundamental human rights&comma; resulted to loss of lives and destruction of property including outright theft and vandalism&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;IGP Mohammed Adamu&comma; on 23rd November&comma; 2020 approved the promotion of Eighty-Two Thousand&comma; Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine &lpar;82&comma;779&rpar; Junior Police Officers to their next ranks&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The promotion of the officers comprising 56&comma;779 Sergeants to Inspector&comma; 17&comma;569 Corporal to Sergeants and 8&comma;431 Constables to Corporal is part of the on-going efforts at boosting the morale of personnel and repositioning the Force for greater efficiency&period; 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&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Inspector General&comma; while congratulating the officers&comma; charged them to see their promotion as a mark of additional responsibility and a call to rededicate themselves to their professional calling&period; 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&period; He noted that the promotion albeit&comma; posthumously&comma; 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&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He promised to work with all relevant agencies&comma; 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&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;