The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has approved the promotion of twenty-one thousand and thirty-nine junior police officers who were last promoted on or before twenty-seventeen.

According to him, the promotion comprised the elevation of twenty thousand five hundred and seventy-two Sergeants to the next rank of Inspector, three hundred and twenty-four Corporals to Sergeants, and one hundred and fourty-three Constables to the rank of Corporal.

He said the promotion is part of the ongoing efforts aimed at improving welfare, conditions of service, boosting the morale of personnel, with a view to repositioning the Force for greater efficiency.

The IGP further noted that the promotion of the officers is part of the manpower development drive of his administration to ensure that deserving personnel are promoted accordingly, to encourage hard work, and further embed the culture of merit, excellence, and dedication to duties.

He assured senior police officers that the Force high command is liaising with the Police Service Commission on the release of their promotion, which is expected to be approved and released as soon as possible.

The Inspector-General of Police, while commending the newly promoted officers for their resilience and invaluable commitment to duties, charged them to see their promotion as a call for renewed zeal, vigour, patriotism to duty, and further re-dedication to professional policing standards.

The IGP restated the commitment of his administration to entrenching longstanding reforms in the Nigeria Police Force.

His statement is contained in newd release made available by Acting Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.