BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said that the payment of allowance to its officers and men as well as those of other Security and Safety Agencies complementing the Police in election security is statutory and transparent in line with the Financial Regulations and Public Service Rules as it has to do with Duty Tour Allowance.
The Police in a statement by its spokesman, Acting DCP Jimoh Moshood said the breakdown of the Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) as entitlements paid to Police Officers and Men deployed for election duty in Osun State and other previous gubernatorial elections held in Edo, Ondo, Anambra and Ekiti States are the same.
Moshood, who was reacting to a story in the Punch Newspaper of September 19, 2018 with the headline; “Osun poll: FG pays constables N50,000.00 each for election duty, others more. allowance more than N45000 monthly salary, said the Federal Government did not pay constables N50,000 each for election duty, others more as claimed in the report.
According to Moshood; The breakdown of the allowances is that Ranks and File (Constable to Sergeant) are entitled to N5,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N50,000
“Inspector to Chief Superintendent of Police – N12,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N120,000,
Assistant Commissioner of Police – Assistant Inspector General of Police – N16,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N160,000
“Deputy Inspector General of Police – N20,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N200,000”
The spokesman of the police said that either due to outright ignorance or deliberate mischief, the writers rushed to the press for purposes best known to them without a thorough check of what the Public Service Rules and Financial Regulations provide for every police personnel deployed for special duty, Election Duty and other ad-hoc duties as Duty Tour Allowance (DTA).
He said the police will continue to hold the media in very high regard and as veritable partner in ensuring the protection of lives and property of all Nigerians, adding however that the Police Force implored the media not to allow the pages of their esteemed newspapers to be used to publish unverified, misleading, mischievous and beer palour gossips.
