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Arase: I’ll work with NPF to increase performance

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr Solomon Arase, has pledged to work with the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, to reinvigorate the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for better performance.

Arase said there must be consquences for misconduct and benefits for examplary behaviour for the police to excel in its day-to-day operations.

The former IGP said this while receiving the leaders of the Police Community Relations Committee in Abuja on Thursday, April 6.

He said benefits and burden must go together, stressing that he will strive to complement what the police is currently doing to ensure that the operations of the police must conform with its rules of engagement.

The PSC chairman said the police have no reason to go into land matters or debt collection, saying they are issues that should be handled through alternative dispute resolution.

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Arase stressed that he will remain a strong advocate of community partnership in policing.

He however noted that he was worried over the increasing cases of human rights abuses in the police.

On his part, the chairman of the committee, Mogaji Ibrahim Olaniya, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Arase as the PSC chairman, saying the former IGP is “the best for job”.

Olaniya said the committee leaders came to congratulate Arase on his appointment and to let him know that they were vigorously building on the legacies he established as the 18th IGP.

He said the committee now has offices in Canada, United Kingdom, adding: “We are here to say that the fruit God used you and others to plant has germinated. We are here to rejoice with you and show you love.”

He added that the committee will clock 39 on May 8, 2023, “and that on May 9th, we want to celebrate it and we are inviting you to the celebration.”

Olaniya, therefore, called for special promotion for deserving police officers to encourage them to put in more efforts in the service of the nation.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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