“Regrettably, those that are involved in high-scale corruption that has crippled and robbed this country of greatness and sustainable development are the politicians and public servants who are trusted with our collective patrimony”, Esan said.
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“Of this number, only about 1,605 have been replaced giving a deficit of a very large number”.
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered immediate reduction of policemen attached to dignitaries, directing that withdrawn officers should be redeployed to regular police duties.
Enyinnaya Abaribe, erstwhile chairman, senate committee on media and publicity has said it is untimely to say that President Muhammadu Buhari is marginalizing the Igbo in the list of appointments he has made so far.
The Nigerian president advised the police service commission to review the current structure of the force and make recommendations on how to boost morale amid a years-long lack of promotions of personnel.
A female Nigerian police officer faces supporters of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants, as police officers block the protesters from marching on the president’s official residence in Abuja on October. 14, 2014.
He thanked the president for approving the recruitment of 10,000 additional police officers earlier this week.
Speaking with Nigeria’s police affairs ministry and the police service commission, Buhari said the Nigerian police force must shun every form of extortion during recruitment and training.
“We support the agenda of Mr President and the Federal Government to fight corruption and we will back him to recover funds on proven cases”.
President said the Police is going to embark on recruitment of 10,000 people.
When asked how soon the recruitment will commence, Okiro said infrastructure had to be put in place before the exercise could be carried out.
He said most of the police training equipment had become obsolete.
“Our position as a political party is that the President does not have the powers by himself to draw a line that some crimes should be investigated, while others are not to be touched”, he said. “So when all these things have taking place, the ‘I’s dotted and ‘t’s crossed, recruitment will start”, according to him. We discussed with him on modalities and how to ensure that the 10,000 people are recruited to maintain the security of Nigeria.
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The recruitment conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service in March 2014 led to the death of at least 16 young job seekers during stampedes at the various recruitment centres.
