Police Promote 31,652 In Four Years
BY MUSA SIMON REEF, ABUJA – The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday said it promoted no fewer than 31,652 senior police officers, just as it declared that the Nigeria Police Force would “continue to ensure that promotions in the Nigeria Police Force are regular and that exemplary performance will also be recognized.
Disclosing this when he decorated three newly promoted police officers serving in the commission, Chairman of the Commission, Sir Dr Mike Mbama Okiro, said, “in the last four years, the Commission has promoted 31, 652 senior police officers stressing that promotion is another way of enhancing the welfare of the officers and a tonic for greater efficiency.”
In a press statement signed by the Head, Press and Public Relations of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, the commission recalled that “from 2,652 officers promoted in 2013, the Commission was able to promote 10,223 officers in 2017.
He reminded the newly promoted officers that the promotion and higher ranks comes with higher responsibilities and commitment to the ideals of the Nigeria Police and greater service to their fatherland.
“He said the promotion was an appreciation of their hard work, capability and capacities in the discharge of their official duties. “This is recognition for a good job done in accordance with the tenets of the Act of the Nigeria Police Force”.
“Sir Okiro urged them to rededicate themselves to the service of their fatherland, stressing that they should be proud to be worthy officers of the Nigeria Police Force, a noble profession throughout the world.”
