This was as the IG ordered a total overhaul of the former system and a swift commencement of the digitalisation process across all commands and formations of the Nigerian Police Force for timeous upgrade and operation of the system.
According to the police authorities, the move is to ensure the capturing and storage of details of officers for record purposes and to ease administrative bottlenecks, create ease in tracking postings and transfers, and to issue Radio Frequency Identification Cards for personnel identification.
The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday said, “The SmartForce with storage servers domiciled in the Nigeria Police Force National Command and Control Centre facilities and SmartForce office at the office of the Force Secretary in the Force Headquarters, Abuja, is aimed at integrating the NPF into an ICT-based system.
“This is to simplify the management of NPF personnel records, manage the entire workforce of the police, uniquely manage and identify each personnel of the NPF, and it is structured with modern technological concepts to monitor the distribution of personnel workforce and access across the country.”
He also noted that the system would aid the office of the Force Secretary in planning for the deployment of personnel in the NPF, budgetary-related issues, tracing and identification of police personnel, and retrieval of records as it relates to serving and retired police personnel.
Adejobi added, “The IG has equally flagged off the practical training of PPROs and ICT officers from the 36 state commands and the FCT, at the Force Headquarters, on handling and usage of the gadgets provided for data capturing of all personnel including a modernized hi-tech biometric machine with unique features such as fingerprint scanner, 2D scanner, and smart facial recognition application.
