The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, says that over 200 Senior Police Officers will soon be retiring from service.
The Chairman, who made this known at a meeting with the delegations from the National Examination Council, NECO and the Public Service Institute of Nigeria, noted that the retirement would create manpower shortfall and capacity gaps.
Therefore, it was pivotal for the Commission to deepen its relationship with the two Institutions to leverage their manpower and capacity developments.
He admitted that the Commission’s recruitment system has been problematic, but things would be different under his leadership.
“We will do what is right and complement the efforts of the Police. This is not the age where you bring people who can not read or write, and we have to be careful with the people we give arms to”.
He further noted the need to collaborate with the Institutions for short service training for Junior Officers who have obtained additional qualifications before they are upgraded to the Officer cadre.
He vowed to close the capacity gaps in the Commission and the Police and extended a hand of fellowship to the management of the institutions to quickly fix the gaps in the interest of viable and efficient policing in the country.
