Some aggrieved law enforcement officials, below the aegis of Involved Police Inspectors in Nigeria (CPIN) have taken a peaceable stroll to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, lamenting non-payment of their 11 months wage arrears.
Chief of the delegation drawn from completely different Police formations, who spoke on behalf of their colleagues on situation of anonymity, stated their crime-fighting morale of the boys has been dampened by the non-commitment to their welfare by the police authorities.
He stated the officers promoted from the rank of Inspector II to I, amounted to over 1,500 officers.
They, subsequently, appealed to the Inspector Basic of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, to make use of his good workplace to impact the cost of their salaries to have the ability to handle the tough socioeconomic realities on their households.
An attraction letter addressed to IGP Egbetokun, with copies to the presidency, Nationwide Meeting and the Police Service Fee (PSC), reads: “We’re over 1,500 personnel of the Nigeria Police Power (NPF), Akwa Ibom Command, promoted from Inspector II, to Inspector I by the IGP efficient from September 10, 2023, with a sign dated March 21, 2024.
“Until date, we’re nonetheless accumulating previous wage as junior Inspectors as a substitute of senior Inspectors because the IGP gave us the affirmation letters. So we have now nowhere to run to than to the federal authorities who’s our worker.
“We’re uncomfortable with this inhuman remedy by our IGP, after placing a few years to serve our nation however our entitlements are being denied.
“We are able to now not feed our households or pay their payments as a result of excessive price of important objects out there. It’s troublesome to imagine that after being celebrated with our households for being elevated to a different degree, the IGP is intentionally short-paying us for 11 months now, and by calculation, the shortfall is over N550,000 every.
“After we contacted our pay officers, their reply is at all times that the IPPS has been returning our voucher as a result of there was no directive from the IGP. So we ask; between our IGP and the Police authority, who ought to take issues of our welfare extra critical?
“Since he assumed workplace as IGP, Mr. Egbetokun, had been selling officers with out commensurate cost of their monetary accompaniments. The one sign we have now been receiving from him, from Abuja, is dressing code, dressing code and dressing code, what are we going to make use of to purchase the uniforms if our due salaries haven’t been paid?”
An hooked up Inspectorate Affirmation of Appointment letter signed by Commissioner of Police (CP) in-charge of welfare, Rose Chollom Dung, on behalf of the IGP, conveyed a congratulatory messages to the affected officers throughout all Instructions in Nigeria, however no indication of any follow-up cost.
