Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered an immediate payment of the increased salary to officers who were planning to embark on a strike.
Isaac Akinmoyede, Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in-charge of Zone 9, Umuahia, Abia State made this known on Tuesday.
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It was reported that salaries of police officers and men across the country have been increased by 20 per cent.
“Efforts are being made to better their welfare. Already, the Inspector General of Police has ordered that the computation of the increased salary should be made and it should be paid immediately,” AIG Akinmoyede stated.
“Apart from that, there are other things the IGP has done in order to improve the welfare of the police; talk of the housing policy, it has been improved, talk of social media policy, talk of gender policy, talk of model police stations that he has started constructing.
“So, all these things are the things the Inspector-General of Police and the management team are doing to make the members of the force happy. Not quite long, vehicles were distributed to all the commands across the country. So, as time progresses, the force will continue to access the needs of the police and see how those things are satisfied,” he said.
The state Commissioner of Police, Garba Aliyu opined that Ebonyi Command of the force will not join any strike.
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