By Uche Kalu
The Police Service Commission
(PSC), has approved the promotion of 1,607 Deputy Superintendents of Police
(DSPs), to the next rank of Superintendents of Police (SPs).The promotion of the DSPs to
SPs saw the elevation of 158 officers in the professional cadre which included
105 in the communication unit, 22 in transport, 10 medical officers, nine nurses
and another nine from works.
Other professionals promoted to
Superintendents were six workshop officers, three maritime, and one each from
medical and dental units and band.
A total number of 1,423 DSPs
were promoted in the general duty cadre.
According to the commission’s
spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, “the
commission had earlier stepped down the consideration of the officers’
promotion at its last management meeting where other recommendations were
considered, when it noticed some discrepancies in the list.”
The chairman of the commission,
Solomon Arase, noted that the commission has restored the dignity of the
specialists’ cadre in the Nigeria Police Force.
Dr Arase who said the
commission will continue to give equal opportunities to all cadres in the Nigeria Police Force, added
that the era where specialists are stagnated in one rank is now history.
The chairman maintained that
Nigeria Police Force needs these specialists for efficient and effective
policing and promised that the commission will continue to accord them the
required privileges.
He emphasised that the general duty officers will continue to receive the support of the commission in the area of prompt and regular promotions.
While charging the newly
promoted officers to reciprocate the commission’s gesture by rededicating
themselves to the service of the nation, warned that the commission will not
hesitate to discipline any of the officers who undermine the ethics, rules and
regulations guiding their conduct.
Some of the promoted Officers
were the Public Relations officers for Anambra and Delta States, Tochukwu
Anthony Ikenganyia and Bright Edafe, Clement Ominiyi Awoyemi, Salami Ganiyu,
Dogo Mathew among others.
Uche is of the Ministry of
Information, Anambra State
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