Barely an hour after being decorated with the rank of Inspector General of Police at the State House, Abuja, by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, the newly-appointed Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba went to the Police Finance House, temporarily accommodating the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), on an official visit.
Usman Baba had paid the visit on the Executive Secretary of the NPTF, Hon. Aliyu Ahmed Sokoto, and members of the management team, where he pledged to work very closely with the NPTF towards actualisation of its vision and mission for the Nigeria Police.
In a statement by the NPTF’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olabisi Okuwobi on Thursday, April 8, she disclosed that the IGP said: “The Police Trust Fund is my first port of call after being decorated as the new Acting Inspector-General of Nigeria Police Force.
“This is to let you and members of the Nigeria Police know that the intervention of NPTF is highly needed and expected at this crucial time.”
Okuwobi said that the IGP went on to say that “the mission of the Police Trust Fund, targeted at having a well-trained, well-equipped and highly-motivated Police Force, will be supported by my administration with unwavering cooperation.”
Earlier in his welcome address, the Executive Secretary of NPTF, Hon. Sokoto expressed his appreciation to the IGP for choosing NPTF as his first duty call after his decoration.
Hon. Sokoto said: “the visit of the acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, will not be taken for granted.”
He noted further that “this visit underscores the importance of NPTF’s much-needed intervention for the Nigeria Police Force.”
The NPTF Executive Secretary assured the acting IGP of his administration’s commitment to the mandate of the NPTF.
“We at NPTF promise to work assiduously to deliver on the Fund’s mandate to the Nigeria Police,” he stated.
President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, had on Tuesday appointed Baba to succeed Mohammed Adamu.
Born in 1963, Usman Baba, is an alumnus of Bayero University, Kano, and the University of Maiduguri.
He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1988 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police.
