By Odita Sunday, Abuja 19 September 2022 | 4:08 pm The acting Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi (Rtd), has pledged to engage the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Minister of Police Affairs in a bid to resolve the crisis between police management and staff of the commission. [FILES] Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba. Photo/FACEBOOKTHENIGERIAPOLICE The acting Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi (Rtd), has pledged to engage the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Minister of Police Affairs in a bid to resolve the crisis between police management and staff of the commission. The PSC chairman addressed the Staff of the Commission on its mandate as provided for in paragraphs 29 and 30 of the 3rd Schedule of the 1999 Constitution as amended and Section 6(1) of the Police Service Commission Establishment (Act) 2001. According to the spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, “Justice Ogunbiyi informed the Staff that the Management would engage in personal interface with the Office of the Inspector-General of Police and the Minister of Police Affairs with a view to understanding the common ground of each others’ responsibility. “She further said that the Management intends to operate an all-inclusive and open-door policy as provided by the provision of the relevant laws. Justice Ogunbiyi, therefore, called on the Staff of the Commission to inculcate mutual respect, good conduct and character among themselves and towards the Management stressing that “respect begets respect and the Management will do its utmost best to take the service delivery in the Commission to an enviable and excellent pedestal”. She solicited the cooperation of all the Staff with a view to achieving the mandate of the Commission as an effective Civilian oversight of the entire Police Force. Latest 7 mins ago The National Youth leader of the ruling All progressive congress (APC), Mr Dayo Israel has assured that the teeming population of youths in the country would embark on a door-to-door campaign for the presidential candidate of the party Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 7 mins ago The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has cautioned residents of communities on flood-prone areas in the state to limit activities around river banks to avoid flooding. 12 mins ago In what appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure in the history of Nigeria’s premier anti-narcotic agency, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos where 1.8tons (1,855 kilograms) of the illicit drug worth 19 mins ago As the strike action embarked upon by the Academic staff union (ASUU) persists, the youth leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Dayo Isreal insists that the government should not be blamed for the unfortunate development. 30 mins ago As the people of north-east Nigeria struggle to endure a devastating food and nutrition crisis, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a whooping US$10 million allocation to help save lives and get urgent aid to those who need it most.
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