Opinion: The Police Service Commission and Relevance of Oversight In Nigerian Policing, By Rommy Mom
A nation’s Police and policing mirrors how effective the oversight body is. A weak oversight machinery gives birth to a dislocated and anti-citizen police.
If Nigeria has the Police Service Commission as oversight body over the police, why are we still being forced to endure a Police Force that is sub-par? The answer to the above question is complex, yet simple. The Police Service Commission is, probably owing to its late introduction in our policing process, yet to be accorded the space and enablement it needs to be fully activated.The PSC has no functional office across the country, except in Abuja.
The PSC should therefore be allowed to continue its constitutional powers of recruitment, promotion, discipline and treat complaints from Nigerians, including sanctions. It should further be empowered and made more efficient and effective for the implementation of its mandate towards good governance.
The above, more than any other argument, makes the recent moves by the National Assembly to transfer the powers of the PSC to the office of the Inspector General imprudent. The police in a civic space should not and cannot be made to have oversight function over itself. This has not worked. It brings about the “we versus them” mentality between the police and citizens.
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