By Onuora Aninwobodo
Thirty Senior Police Officers were today, September 29th subjected to promotion examination, which is now a prerequisite for promotion in the Nigeria Police Force.
The Officers include one Assistant Inspector General of Police, two Commissioners, eleven Deputy Commissioners, and sixteen Assistant Commissioners out of the 17 invited for the exercise.
The promotion examination took place at Solomon Arase Chairman’s Conference hall, at the 6th floor of the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission.
Chairman of the Commission, Hashimu Argungu, said the promotion examination was one of the innovations that has come to stay in the career progression of serving police officers.
He noted that although it is coming late in the day, it was still a good development that is expected to restore the dignity of the Nigeria Police Force.
Argungu explained that any officer that fails the examination three times will be retired at that level for obvious incompetence.
He said the world has since embraced the era of skill and noted that police officers who want to advance in their career must be prepared to embrace the demands of this era.
The PSC Chairman said the Commission is also giving attention to due diligence to ensure that no dead or retired officer/s are promoted in error.
Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court; retired DIGs Taiwo Lakanu and Uba Sani Ringo; Justice Christine Ladi Dabup rtd and Alhaji Abdulfatah Mohammed, all Commissioners in the Commission were present at the promotion examination.
