- Usman Alkali Baba, The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has said that the Nigeria Police in its bid to ensure community safety, will soon commence recruitment of not fewer than 20,000 officers.
EkohotBlog reports that he revealed this on Thursday during a one-day working visit to Katsina State.
The Inspector-General of Police stressed that recruitment for community policing will go on simultaneously noting that although without salary payment for people who are citizens but already gainfully employed. However, he said they will be trained on rigorous police duty training.
The IG further pointed that with the support they are getting from the federal government, plans are being drafted to fortify the command with what they need in terms of logistics and other equipment that are crucial to the fight against crime in the country.
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He commended Governor Masari; whom he visited for the aid and support given to the security agencies in the state, However, the IGP admitted that there is a need for improvement and assured the governor of an improved situation soon.
Alkali said, “With the support, we are getting from the Federal Government, very soon we will reinforce the command with what they need in terms of logistics and other types of equipment necessary to fight crime and criminality.”
He maintained that “It is no ordinary talk. It is practically in progress and we want to appeal to citizens that we are going to work hard to see that the citizens go about their lawful businesses
Going further, he said “I want to assure His Excellency (Governor Masari) that very soon, we are going to also start our recruitment process which has stopped for some time and we are ready to proceed with its friend, community policing, which we are going to do.
“We hope that the strength of the Nigerian Police will be enlarged and therefore we are also appealing to indigenes that we want to recruit from every local government.”
“It is a directive from the President that we should recruit 10,000 for 2020 and 10,000 for 2021 and all the 774 LG will be represented and we are going to post back these policemen to their local government to come and fight crime.”
“There’s no better person who knows the nook and cranny of an environment in a community than the person that lives in that community.
“There’s no better person that knows his neighbours, his relations, his friends in his community than a person who also lives in that community.
“While we are doing that, the door is opened for the recruitment of community policing officers even though it is not a paid employment.
“We are expecting able men and women who are willing to assist in crime control and prevention to come and work with us, assist us while they have their own gainfully employment.”
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