Insecurity: Police Crippled By Inadequate Funding, Personnel – Ex-IGP Okiro
BY BODE GBADEBO, EJIKE EJIKE, and IGHO OYOYO A former Inspector-general of Police (IGP) and the immediate-past chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Sir Mike Okiro, has identified lack of proper funding and insufficient personnel as major reasons for capacity constraints in the Nigeria Police Force. Okiro’s stance is coming at a time the […]...
Published By: All News. - Thursday, 25 February
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