The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 22 Commissioners of Police, CP, to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police, AIG.
A statement from the spokesman of the Commission Ikechukwu Ani said the Commission also endorsed the promotion of 29 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the rank of Commissioners of Police.
He said the Commission had on Tuesday, 19th of July, screened the 29 deputy Commissioners of Police at its office in Abuja. The screening panel was headed by the Chairman of the Commission, Sir Dr. Mike Mbama Okiro, a retired Inspector General of Police, and other Members of the Commission.
Ani said the promotions were based on the recommendation of availability of vacancies in the AIG and CP cadres of the Force and the need to fill the anticipated vacuums occasioned by the recent Force reorganisation.
It was also based on the need to put structures in place in the various Zonal Commands.
The Commission also considered the issue of seniority and diligence to duty of the Officers, Ani added.
Majority of the new AIGs had already been posted to zonal Commands and other police formations while nine of the CPs had been posted as Command CPs, the PSC statement said.
•Sourced from Daily Trust. Photo shows PSC Chairman Okiro.
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