The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Sunday, concluded a six-day duty tour of six Northern states and reiterated his commitment to improved welfare for officers across the country.
During the tour, the police chief also commissioned state-of-the-art projects completed by his administration.
The Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday, said the projects include modern police stations with barracks attached to them, renovation of vital police infrastructure such as police training schools, buildings for tailoring department and the band section, etc.
The statement read, “In the course of commissioning the projects and engaging community stakeholders as part of a confidence-building exercise, the IGP and his team traveled by road and conducted patrols from Abuja to Kaduna; Kaduna to Kano; Kano to kazaure [Jigawa State]; Kazaure [Jigawa State] to Dandagoro [Katsina State]; Kano to Damaturu [Yobe State] [tranversing parts of Jigawa & Bauchi State]; Damaturu[ Yobe] to Benisheik [Borno state]; Benisheik to Maiduguri in Borno State.
“The Inspector-General of Police while assuring police officers of his administration’s commitment to entrenching sustainable drives for the protection of lives and property within the country, noted that a similar road trip to commission projects in the Southern part of the country will commence in earnest.
“In the same vein, the IGP equally reiterated the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to harness all means of improving the internal security architecture of Nigeria through better conditions of service, rejigged Standard Operating Procedures and robust human/community relations.”
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