The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 approved the promotion of 21,039 junior police officers who were last promoted on or before 2017.
The acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Thursday, April 14, 2022.
The promotion, comprising the elevation of 20,572 Sergeants to the next rank of Inspector, 324 Corporals to Sergeants, and 143 Constables to the rank of Corporal, is part of the ongoing efforts aimed at improving welfare, conditions of service, boosting the morale of personnel, with a view to repositioning the Force for greater efficiency.
The IGP said that the promotion of the officers was part of the manpower development drive of his administration to ensure that deserving personnel were promoted accordingly to encourage hard work, excellence, and dedication to duties.
He assured senior police officers that the Force high command was liaising with the Police Service Commission on the release of their promotion, expected to be approved and released as soon as possible.
Commending the newly promoted officers for their resilience and invaluable commitment to duties, Alkali charged them to see their promotion as a call for renewed zeal, vigour, patriotism to duty, and further re-dedication to professional policing standards.
The IGP restated the commitment of his administration to entrenching longstanding reforms in the Nigeria Police Force.
