POLICE FORCE UNDERGOES RE-ORGANIZATION

In my last post ‘well-done President Good luck Jonathan,; I did commend the president for sacking the former inspector- general of police, mr rigim, but I did opined that the sack was coming rather too late and was not enough as bad eggs still exist in the force. Happily enough. President Good luck has followed up by appointing a special committee to re organize the Nigeria police force.

The committee is chaired by the chairman ,Police Service Commission, Mr. Parry B.O Oyasande DIG (RTD) .Other members of the committee include;

2.Casimir T. Akagbosu AIG (RTD)

3 Maj. Gen. S. N. Chikwe (RTD)

4.Prof.S.D. Mukoro

5 Dr Fabian Ajogwu (SAN)

6 Aisha Laila Tukur

7.The solicitor-general of the federation

8. The permanent secretary

9 SSO

10. Office of the secretary to serve as secretary of the committee.

According to presidential spokesman, Dr Rueben Abati, terms of reference of the committee include:

1.Identify the challenges and factors militating against effective performance in the police force

2 Examine the scope and standard of training and other personnel develpment activities in the police to determine their adequacy or otherwise.

3 Determine the general and specific causes of the collapse of public confidence in the police.

4 Examine the record of performance of men of the Nigeria police force to determine those that can no longer  fit into the system due to declining productivity, age ,indiscipline, corruption and/or disloyalty.

5 Make any other recommendation for the improvement of the police force.