The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (rtd), has declared that a properly-motivated Nigeria Police Force remains the bedrock of a safe and progressive Nigeria.
He disclosed that this has been the battle cry of the Commission as it “strenghtens its oversight powers on the Nigeria Police Force.”
The PSC Chairman said that the current government has put in place enduring mechanisms to ensure that in no time, Nigeria will be free of crime and criminality.
He stated that “Nigerians are expected to play their own roles, since security is everyone’s business.”
DIG Argungu made the remarks when he chaired the 2024 annual lecture series of the People’s Security Monitor, held on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at the Nigerian National Merit Award House, Maitama Abuja.
He was represented at the occasion by the Head of Press and Public Relations and spokesman of the Commission, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani.
DIG Argungu said that although it is unfortunate that the Nigerian nation has faced security challenges in all fronts, “it is a development that is not peculiar to us but a ravaging global menace that is threatening global peace and development “.
He noted that in Nigeria, the current administration has devoted time and resources to fight this battle, adding: “I can assure you that we are winning the war.”
According to him, “our policemen are daily being exposed to trainings, and governments at all levels have continued to empower our officers and men with the provision of essential security gadgets and materials.”
DIG Argungu said the Commission has also ensured that promotions in the Force are timely, predictable and based on internationally-accepted principles of fairness, seniority and availability of vacancies.
He added that the Commission has also continued to weed out personnel who have failed to meet the minimum standard required of an average Nigeria Police Officer.
“While we dangle the stick, we also spread the carrot as motivation for greater performance,” he explained.
DIG Argungu said the Commission is committed to upholding the greatest standard for serving police officers, and has launched a zero tolerance for corruption in the system with the whistle blowing policy recently put in place.
He thanked the organizers for finding him worthy to chair the occasion and declared that “I would always identify with any person or group that is genuinely concerned and interested in finding solutions to our security problems.
@I am a retired senior Police Officer and had joined the Police Force on personal conviction and desire to serve my nation, not by accident or coercion.
“I believe in one Nigeria, a nation full of promises and blessed with abundant human and material resources; a nation of great opportunities.”
