The Nigeria Police Power has strongly refuted claims of a protest by officers over unpaid promotion wage increments.
The pressure calls the stories deceptive and stresses that wage points are dealt with by the Federal Ministry of Finance, not the police.
Recall that cops underneath the auspices of Involved Police Inspectors in Nigeria on Thursday visited the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, alongside Asutan Road, Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital to protest non-payment of 11 months’ wage arrears.
In the meantime, Police Public Relations Officer, Ademuyiwa Adejobi in a Saturday assertion described the allegation as an intentional try and discredit the pressure.
It was titled, “Publication of Non-payment of Inspectors’ Wage, Alleged Protest Mischievous, Unfounded.
The officers drawn from totally different Police formations, who spoke on behalf of their colleagues on situation of anonymity, lamented that their crime-fighting morale had been dampened by the non-commitment to their welfare by the police authorities.
The officers who famous that there have been about 1,500 officers promoted from inspector 11-to-1 appealed to the IG, Kayode Egbetokun, to make use of his places of work to impact the fee for the affected officers, to have the ability to handle the cruel socio-economic realities on their households.
Nonetheless, Adejobi emphasised there are structured and disciplined approaches to addressing grievances, noting that wage disbursements are managed by the Federal Ministry of Finance’s IPPIS, not the police.
It learn, “You will need to emphasise that the Nigeria Police Power operates as a structured and disciplined entity, adhering to established rules {and professional} requirements.
“Consequently, any grievances raised by members of the Power are continuously attended to and channelled to the correct authorities for motion. The pressure is shocked by the referred publication from a bunch of journalists in Akwa Ibom State labelling non-public conversations with some police buddies as protest, whereas such complaints are unknown to the police authority.”
The pressure reiterated that officers ought to handle wage points via correct channels and urged journalists to keep away from publishing unverified tales that would injury the police’s status.
“Moreover, it’s crystal clear that neither the workplace of the Inspector-Common of Police nor the Nigeria Police Power is accountable and answerable for the wage disbursements; this duty lies with the Built-in Personnel and Payroll Info System (IPPIS), underneath the Federal Ministry of Finance. The stories issued by these journalists should not solely distressing but additionally focused at tarnishing the status of the Police Power or the workplace of the Inspector-Common of Police for causes finest identified to them.
“It’s, nevertheless, elementary to reiterate that ought to any policeman have points together with his or her fee of salaries, he ought to take such up together with his field keeper or MSS Officer who liaises with the IPPIS desk officers for rectification. We’re satisfied that no serving officer of the police in Akwa Ibom State or any a part of the nation would stage a protest on the non-payment of wage extra in order that our officers are conscious of the method to deal with such delicate issues,” it added.
The FPRO concluded that the IG suggested personnel to make use of correct channels for welfare issues and urged journalists to keep away from spreading unverified tales that would hurt the Power’s status
“The Inspector-Common of Police, due to this fact, encourages all personnel with welfare-related issues to achieve out to the suitable authorities inside their respective instructions or formations, thereby avoiding any actions that would deliver disrepute to the Power.
“Moreover, journalists are urged to chorus from publishing unfounded and unconfirmed tales that search to undermine the integrity of the Nigeria Police Power for private acquire just like the one underneath reference from the Akwa Ibom chapter,” he acknowledged.