According to a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don N. Awunah, the IGP, while receiving the report at the Force Headquarters in Abuja from Nebot Williams & Co. and Gbenga Abimbola (GA) & Co., both auditing firms, commended the auditors for carrying out their mandate within global best practices and ethics of the profession.
He said he and his management team were looking forward to constructive recommendations that if implemented will help in repositioning the subsidiaries for effectiveness, optimal services and benefit to men and officers of Nigeria Police Force.
“The auditors, Nebot Williams and Gbenga Abimbola both principal partners in their various firms, while submitting their reports, intimated the IGP that their task, though arduous, had been completed with rapt attention paid to all the details availed them by management of the companies audited. The auditors further informed the IGP that they had carried out a critical financial appraisal of these companies and have come up with invaluable recommendations that if implemented, will help in repositioning them to conform with international best practices,” the statement read.
Some of the companies and subsidiaries audited are Nigeria Police H.M.O, NPF Microfinance Bank, and NPF Pensions Ltd.
“In another development,” the statement also read, “IGP Idris has commended the exemplary conduct and professionalism displayed by Police officers and officers of the complementary sister security agencies in the just concluded Edo State governorship election held on 28th September, 2016. The Inspector General of Police and the Police management team, after a thorough appraisal, and review of the execution of the security operations for the just concluded Edo State Governorship election expressed full satisfaction and extolled the conduct, and performance of officers and men exhibited throughout the state to ensure peaceful atmosphere, orderliness and security of life and property before, during and after the election.”
It also stated that the preliminary reports of international and local observers, election monitors and most of the stakeholders indicate that the security template implemented at pre, during and post elections was devoid of the characteristics of previous elections which in most cases are fraught with loss of lives and property. This exceptional performance of the Nigeria Police Force in the election, exemplified the determination of the Inspector General of Police in ensuring that Election Security in the country is implemented based on international standards and policing with integrity
“This election, which will generally be an index of future elections, was undoubtedly conducted transparently and in accordance with principles of democratic policing. The Edo governorship election has proved from the policing perspective that the Nigeria Police Force has the capacity, knowledge, ability and personnel to process and safeguard our nascent democracy.
“The IGP commends the law abiding citizens of Edo State for their cooperation with security agencies in ensuring that the governorship election was conducted in an atmosphere of peace, law and order despite some isolated infractions of the law.”
The IGP further pledged that the Nigeria Police will continue to discharge its constitutional responsibilities within the framework of the rule of law and humane dispositions. He also assured the members of the public, the electorate and other critical stakeholders in election management that the Nigeria Police Force will sustain this tempo and successes in future elections in the country.
•Photo shows IGP, Ibrahim Idris.
