A retired Deputy Inspector General of Police and former chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Parry Osayande, has commended Dr Solomon Arase, for his inspirational leadership qualities.
Osayande gave the commendation when he visited the Commission on Monday, November 6, 2023, more than 10 years after he left office.
In a statement by PSC’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, Thenewsbearer learnt that Mr. Osayande was the initiator of the Commission’s corporate headquarters building at Jabi, Abuja, 12 years ago.
He was received by the current Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police who succeeded in moving the Commission to its corporate headquarters just few weeks after he assumed office.
Pleasantly surprised at the naming of the 500-seater auditorium of the Commission after him, Mr. Osayande told Dr Arase: “You have arrived, you have won and you will keep winning.”
He charged the Commission to keep up the fight, adding: “You are obviously doing well.”
The former Chairman said that the Commission and its staff should look up to the future with promise, adding that it portends good tidings.
Addressing the staff at the auditorium named after him, Osayande noted that the PSC is the oldest Commission in the country and was a product of the 1957 Constitutional Conference/Willinck Minorities Commission Report.
This, he said, stemmed from the concerns of the minority tribes in Nigeria which feared domination, in respect of the maintenance of public order.
He noted that the Commission came into existence to ensure tribal balance, which later became the precursor for the coming of the Federal Character Commission.
The former PSC Chairman said at its inception, the Commission was neglected to the point of going comatose and relegated to the background
However, he expressed happiness that the Commission is back on its feet and doing well.
In response, Dr. Arase expressed happiness for the rare honour accorded the Commission by the visit of Osayande, adding that he left valuable imprints in the growth of the Commission, especially with the commencement of its corporate headquarters’s building.
He promised to sustain the spirit and grow the Commission to one of the best oversight bodies on the police in the world.
He said the Commission would not at any time forget Osayande for planting the seed that had since germinated in the form of an intimidating edifice standing as the corporate headquarters of the Commission.
