The Police
Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 22 Commissioners of
Police (CP), to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIG).
The
Commission also endorsed the promotion of 29 Deputy Commissioners of Police to
the rank of Commissioners of Police.
This is
contained in a statement issued by Mr Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public
Relations of the Commission in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ani said
that the affected 29 commissioners were screened by a panel headed by the
Chairman of the Commission, Mr Mike Okiro, and other members of the Commission.
He said
the promotions were based on the recommendation of availability of vacancies in
the AIG and CP cadres of the Force occasioned by the recent Force reorganization.
He said it
was also based on the need to put structures in place in the various Zonal
Commands.
The
spokesman said the commission also considered the issue of seniority and
diligence to duty of the Officers.
“Majority
of the new AIGs had already been posted to zonal commands and other police
formations while nine of the CPs had been posted as command CPs,“he said.
He said
that Okiro urged them to quickly settle into their new positions and ensure
that there was improved service delivery in their duty posts.
Okiro
reminded them that they were holding the new offices in trust for the people of
Nigeria and should not disappoint them.
He
promised that the commission would continue to ensure that Police promotions were
regular and based on merit.
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