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The President, in a letter to the Senate, which was read on the floor of the Red Chamber by its President, Ahmad Lawan, said the appointment is in accordance with the provision of section 154 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
The commission, through its spokesman, Ikechukwu Ani, on Tuesday, maintained that there can never be any leadership vacuum in the force if anybody retires. “The Commission took a decision that it will not extend the tenures of the retiring senior police officers,” Ani said though he didn’t include in the statement the IGP, who will attain the retirement age of 60 years in March 2023.
“I don’t know where you got your record, but by the provision of the Police Act 2020, the IGP is supposed to have a tenure of four years and Mr President has given him a letter of appointment in that regard,” Dingyadi had said. But the PSC yesterday reiterated: “The Commission has watched with keen interest the conversation in the media on whether retiring senior police officers’ tenure should be elongated or not and whether such retirements would affect the 2023 election security.
“It noted that the police have capable men and women who should be encouraged to step into the vacancies that would be created by the exiting officers. It assured Nigerians that there is an institutional succession plan in the Nigeria Police Force, especially with the current injection of 10,000 Constables and several other thousands of cadet ASPs from the Police Academy every year.”
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