Police Commissioners should report to governors.
The Director-General of Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, has suggested that Commissioners of Police should report to governors instead of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
Akinterinwa spoke yesterday at a dinner organised by the Victoria Island Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC).
“It makes little sense to suggest that governors are chief security officers of their states when the Commissioners of Police to the states owe allegiance to the IGP.
“The inability of the police to deal squarely with the various national security threats is largely derived from this structural imbalance of allegiance in the police force,” said the NIIA boss.
Akinterinwa, who was guest speaker at the dinner, spoke on the topic: “The Police In An Inclement Environment”.
According to him, the people would need to do what was necessary to have a police force they deserved and people should take police problems as part of their own problems and seek to solve them..
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Police inefficiency is systemic problem, says NIIA DG.
The news making round that the Nigeria Police Force is inefficiency and corrupt has been criticized and associated to systemic problem by the Director-General of the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Prof Bola Akinterinwa.
Prof Akinterinwa who spoke on the theme policing in an inclement environment: the case of Nigeria as a guest lecturer at the Exemplary Police Community Partnership award organised by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Victoria Island in conjunction with Nigeria Institute of International Affairs in Lagos.
“I admit that the many allegations levied against the policemen in Nigeria can be justified to an extent, as much as I recognised these points, it is still wrong to seek to address symptoms of diseases and leaving the main causes of the symptoms.
Allegations against the policemen are a resultant of a systemic problem,” he said.
The Director called for decentralization in the police force fro efficiency.
“The inability of the police to deal square with the various threats national security is largely derived from this structural imbalance of allegiance in the police force,” he stated.
Saying “if we decentralize power we are likely to have greater efficiency in dealing with the hoodlums.”
Prof Akinterinwa stated that the Nigerian community we not be complete without the police, hence they should be given adequate attention.
“Nigeria cannot objectively expect patriotism and loyalty, dedication and efficiency, security and nation building, if the well-being and welfare, as well as that of other law enforcement agents are not taken seriously,” he said.
The Director-General of Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Prof. Bola Akinterinwa, has suggested that Commissioners of Police should report to governors instead of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).
Akinterinwa spoke yesterday at a dinner organised by the Victoria Island Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC).
“It makes little sense to suggest that governors are chief security officers of their states when the Commissioners of Police to the states owe allegiance to the IGP.
“The inability of the police to deal squarely with the various national security threats is largely derived from this structural imbalance of allegiance in the police force,” said the NIIA boss.
Akinterinwa, who was guest speaker at the dinner, spoke on the topic: “The Police In An Inclement Environment”.
According to him, the people would need to do what was necessary to have a police force they deserved and people should take police problems as part of their own problems and seek to solve them..
..................................................................
Police inefficiency is systemic problem, says NIIA DG.
The news making round that the Nigeria Police Force is inefficiency and corrupt has been criticized and associated to systemic problem by the Director-General of the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) Prof Bola Akinterinwa.
Prof Akinterinwa who spoke on the theme policing in an inclement environment: the case of Nigeria as a guest lecturer at the Exemplary Police Community Partnership award organised by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Victoria Island in conjunction with Nigeria Institute of International Affairs in Lagos.
“I admit that the many allegations levied against the policemen in Nigeria can be justified to an extent, as much as I recognised these points, it is still wrong to seek to address symptoms of diseases and leaving the main causes of the symptoms.
Allegations against the policemen are a resultant of a systemic problem,” he said.
The Director called for decentralization in the police force fro efficiency.
“The inability of the police to deal square with the various threats national security is largely derived from this structural imbalance of allegiance in the police force,” he stated.
Saying “if we decentralize power we are likely to have greater efficiency in dealing with the hoodlums.”
Prof Akinterinwa stated that the Nigerian community we not be complete without the police, hence they should be given adequate attention.
“Nigeria cannot objectively expect patriotism and loyalty, dedication and efficiency, security and nation building, if the well-being and welfare, as well as that of other law enforcement agents are not taken seriously,” he said.
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