The committee also faulted the disparity in the salaries of policemen and personnel of organisations carved out from the Police, including the EFCC and the SSS.
Chairman of the presidential panel, Mr. Parry Osayande, said this while giving the President highlights of his committee’s report. The report was submitted to President Jonathan in Abuja on Tuesday.
Osayande, who is also the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, said his committee discovered that the budgeted fund of the police was unjustifiably domiciled with the Ministry of Police Affairs despite the fact that the ministry was neither in charge of police administration nor its operations.
Osayande, is an ex-Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Osayande said because the ministry determined police projects with no input from police authorities, some of the projects so executed ended up not being of priority to the police.
This, he explained, was an aberration which he said had led to “abuse, misapplication and haemorrhage” of the limited resources made available to the police.
He said, “The committee therefore recommends that some of the duties taken away from the police should be returned as they are integral and still remain the constitutional duties of the Nigeria Police Force.
“Consequently, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Federal Road Safety Corps and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps should be immediately merged with the Nigeria Police Force.”
The retired DIG observed that the poverty of the ordinary policeman coupled with weak institutional governance predisposed him to engaging in all sorts of schemes for self-help and survival.
He regretted that despite the fact that the parallel organisations carved out of the Nigeria Police only performed part of functions of the police, their personnel were better remunerated and motivated than policemen.
“For instance, while the Inspector-General of Police earns N711, 498 per month, the Director-General, State Security Service earns N 1.336m per month and the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission earns N1.5m per month.
“This disparity in salaries does not reflect higher responsibility attached to the Office of the Inspector-General of Police,” Osayande added.
Osayande, who is also the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, said his committee discovered that the budgeted fund of the police was unjustifiably domiciled with the Ministry of Police Affairs despite the fact that the ministry was neither in charge of police administration nor its operations.
Osayande, is an ex-Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Osayande said because the ministry determined police projects with no input from police authorities, some of the projects so executed ended up not being of priority to the police.
This, he explained, was an aberration which he said had led to “abuse, misapplication and haemorrhage” of the limited resources made available to the police.
He said, “The committee therefore recommends that some of the duties taken away from the police should be returned as they are integral and still remain the constitutional duties of the Nigeria Police Force.
“Consequently, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Federal Road Safety Corps and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps should be immediately merged with the Nigeria Police Force.”
The retired DIG observed that the poverty of the ordinary policeman coupled with weak institutional governance predisposed him to engaging in all sorts of schemes for self-help and survival.
He regretted that despite the fact that the parallel organisations carved out of the Nigeria Police only performed part of functions of the police, their personnel were better remunerated and motivated than policemen.
“For instance, while the Inspector-General of Police earns N711, 498 per month, the Director-General, State Security Service earns N 1.336m per month and the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission earns N1.5m per month.
“This disparity in salaries does not reflect higher responsibility attached to the Office of the Inspector-General of Police,” Osayande added.
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