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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”—Martin Luther King Jr.
More importantly so is the fact that whoever had served as IGP or is currently serving as IGP is believed to be repository of major problems and challenges of the police as an institution and are expected to at least solve part, if not all the problems while in the saddle, no matter how short the tenure might be.
Egbetokun is obviously not new to the president, having worked closely as his Chief Security Officer when he was governor while the current Kabiyesi Oniru, Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, took over the role of ADC from now AIG Tunji Disu, the erstwhile CP, FCT Command.Asiwaju as governor of Lagos State did not take issues of security and policing with levity.
Most people accustomed to the Lagos model under Asiwaju celebrated the appointment of Egbetokun as police IG. But are Nigerians having a feel of the experience that he garnered while working with the ingenious Asiwaju as governor of Lagos State?Egbetokun’s name in contemporary Nigeria is synonymous with policing and there’s no way he could shy away from the discouraging state of policing and police personnel welfare in the country.
IGP Egbetokun needs to unravel why officers and men of the force jostle for deployment to guard individuals, and not the country. Again, figures on Google confirm that the highest monthly salary for a policeman in Nigeria is N309,167; while the lowest monthly salary stands at N105,833. These figures are disgusting and disturbingly low when juxtaposed with other variables.
With this kind of contemptuous treatment meted out to policemen, there’s no way they can effectively be providers of peace and order in the society because the urge for personal survival in a biting economy will instinctively come first in their priority lists. How then won’t there be trust issues between the force and the public?
IGP Egbetokun should not see this as an Herculean task since he was appointed by President Tinubu to put the force on the right footing and not to give excuses like his predecessors in office. The recent inexorable plummeting of police public image, though not solely caused by Egbetokun, should be frontally addressed because the buck stops on his table. After all, uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
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