By BASHIR ADEFAKA
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has reiterated his commitment to entrenching professionalism in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
This he looks out to achieve via sustainable promotion of specialisation and fixing of trained experts to take charge of NPF’s specialised sections such as the Legal Section, Forensic Unit, the Cybercrime Unit, Public Relations Department, Gender Unit, Medical Services and so on.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, dated 11th June 2023 and copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER on Sunday, the IGP maintained this as “paramount to ensuring that square pegs are fitted into square holes for efficiency and effective discharge of policing duties to the public.”
Accordingly to the Nigerian Police number one Spokesman, the IGP made reference to some laudable achievements of the NPF under his administration including the excising and massive expansion of the Cybercrime Unit, the massive construction of specialist hospitals and acquisition of medical facilities for the Medical Unit, the digitalisation of the Force Legal Section and the digitalisation of personnel records under the Force Secretary office.
Other achievements under his leadership of the Force, he stated, to be the enhanced aerial and marine operations, improved Police Animal Section, digitalised Central Motor Registry, establishment of the NPF Construction company assisting in Construction and renovation of barracks and facilities, among others.
“The Inspector-General of Police has however assured that the process, which has been institutionalized, will be continuous and deliberate to achieve a total overhaul of old systems and patterns in the Police to give way for a full digitalization in no distant time. He stressed that this would greatly improve investigations and intelligence gathering activities of the Police for a more robust and result-oriented interaction with the public,” CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said.
