By Hillary Asemota
The Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday, said the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is finetuning strategy on evolving a new road map to tackle insecurity across the country.
The retreat according to him is in collaboration with the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, will on first week of February, host a 2-day retreat for its senior police officers comprising Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police, and other Heads of Police Formations, in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital.
The retreat with themed: “The new police vision: A roadmap for stabilizing internal security in Nigeria”, is part of efforts by the current police leadership to collaborate with critical stakeholders in driving a policing vision that would amongst other benefits, avail police strategic managers with contemporary and vantage opportunities to effectively deliver on their mandates.
It will also afford the police leadership the opportunity to identify and set measurable crime fighting agenda for the Force in the year 2022.
The IG notes that the conference and retreat will equally provide a unique opportunity for the Strategic Managers of the Force and carefully selected public safety experts to engage in peer review and cross fertilization of ideas for improved internal security management in the country. This is in addition to providing new traction for driving the new NPF policy aimed at modernization, re-orientation and re-tooling of the Force.
The IG, while assuring the nation of concerted efforts at improving police service delivery, public safety and crime management in the year 2022 and beyond, expresses belief that the retreat will help to evolve new pathways to tackling crimes and other law enforcement challenges in the country.
The retreat is being coordinated by Matchmakers Consult International – the approved facilitators of the event.
CP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer
Force Headquarters, Abuja, signed the statement on behalf of the IG