In a bid to bring the Nigeria Police closer and responsible to the people and in line with the mandate of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Lagos State Command has launched the “Change Begins With Me Campaign” in Lagos.

Security and Judiciary Correspondent, Jide Alli-Balogun reports that Senior Police Officers displayed boards with inscriptions such as Bail is Free, Nigeria Police Force is not a debt recovery agent, If you see something, say something.

According to him, they also flagged off the distribution of the flyers for the rebranded Police Complaint Rapid Response Unit,PCRRU.

Launching the “Change Begins With Me Campaign, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa said ”Change Begins With Me” was geared towards achieving an attitudinal change among Nigerians, saying Nigerians must resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship, pettiness and immaturity that had poisoned the country for so long.

Obasa who spoke through Chairman House Committee on Information, Strategy and Security, Tunde Buraimoh appealed to all Nigerians to be part of the campaign, urging all citizens to summon the new spirit of responsibility, service, patriotism and sacrifice and resolve to work hard for the general good.

Executive Secretary of Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Rasaq Balogun, urged the police authority to ensure police accountability to the Nigerian people by ensuring all citizens and residents of the country have all grievances against Police actions and inactions are taken up and redressed.

In his welcome remark, Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni said the PCRRU provides seven different platforms which are inscribed on flyers through which members of the public can reach the unit phone call, SMS, WhatsApp, ‎Blackberry messengers, Twitter, Facebook and email.

Owoseni said the Unit was available twenty-four hours a day to listen to members of the public, in line with the change agenda of the Federal Government and the “Change Begins With Me” campaign.

Executive Director, Women Arise, Joe Okei-Odumakin urged the police authority to work the talk and not only talk the talk, saying it must go beyond just saying the word but should act the word.

The campaign ended up with a sensitisation walk to Ikeja under bridge.