IGP directs immediate promotion for inspectors, rank-and-file

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the immediate promotion of inspectors and rank-and-file officers in the force.

Baba directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to coordinate the Force Secretary for the setting up of Departmental Selection Board (DSB) for the screening and selection of deserving members of the Inspectorate cadre for recommendation to the Police Service Commission for promotion to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police II (ASP II).

Spokesman of the police, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi who made the disclosure, said, “Simultaneously, the DIG DFA has also been charged with mandating the Commissioner of Police (Welfare) to compile a list of members of the rank and file who are due and deserving of elevation to their next ranks.

“The Inspector-General of Police, while noting that regular and timely elevation of deserving officers to their next ranks would boost the morale of officers and men of the Force, charged the officers to be exemplary and exhibit professionalism in order to sustain the manpower development drive of the NPF.”