The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has warned police officers, particularly men of the Lagos State Command planning a protest over their unpaid six-month salary arrears to drop their plan as any form of protest would be regarded as mutiny. SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command aggrieved over non-payment of their arrears between January and June 2022, threatened to embark on protest to press down their grievances.
Unpaid Six-Month Arrears: Buhari Didn’t Release Enough Money – Inspector-General Of Police, Baba Makes ExcusesSaharaReporters had exclusively reported that men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command aggrieved over non-payment of their arrears between January and June 2022, threatened to embark on protest to press down their grievances.
However, reacting to the planned protest by the aggrieved police officers, the IGP in a circular dated January 16, 2023 and sent to all the zonal Commands across the country, said that those who had not been paid their salary arrears were as a result of shortage of fund as the money released by the Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari was not enough.
“As a result, Inspector-General of Police in his magnanimity ordered that payment should start from Constables upward. Be assured that payment for Confirmed Inspectors and Officers Cadre will be effected as soon as fund is released by the federal government.
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