The Police
Service Commission has promoted the FCT
Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, his Lagos counterpart, Umaru Manko and 17
other Commissioners of Police to the rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of
Police.
Other
promoted officers include Ambrose Aisibor, Adebayo Ajileye, Joel Theophilus,
Wilfred Obute,A. Abakasanga, Jubril
Adeniji, Ibrahim Maishanu, Godfrey
Okeke, and Chintua Amajor-Onu.
Also promoted
are Felix Uyanna, Lawal Tanko, Usman
Gwarry, Kalafite Adeyemi, Yahaya Ardo, Irimiya Yerima, Olufemi Adenaike and
Patrick Dokumor.
All the
appointments are with effect from August 20, 2014.
A statement
from the Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ferdinand Ekpe,
in Abuja on Wednesday, said the promotions were necessary to fill the vacancies
created by recent retirements and promotions in the Force and to re-invigorate
and reposition of Zonal and other Commands headed by AIGS, to help tackle the
country’s current security challenges.
The Chairman
of the Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro who
congratulated the officers, urged them to brace up to the responsibilities of
their new office, noting that the Commission is working assiduously towards
formulating and implementing policies aimed at enhancing discipline and
productivity in the Nigeria Police Force.
Meanwhile,
the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has promised to expand
the capacity of the Police Hospital at Dei-Dei Barracks, Abuja, to enable it
meet the health needs of police personnel and other members of the public.
Abba, who
inspected the facility during a working tour on Wednesday, added that the
hospital would be equipped with medical equipment and other facilities that
would make it a first class medical centre.
The IG also
promised to build a secondary school in the barracks to cater for the education
of young Nigerians living around the area.
Punch.
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