The Lagos State Police Command has decorated thirty-six newly promoted officers at the headquarters in Ikeja.
It also presented seventy-eight cheques to the tune of twenty-eight million naira to families and next of kin of deceased police officers.
Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, decorated the newly promoted senior officers with their ranks at the command headquarters.
Owohunwa said police officers in Lagos are the most diligent and resilient cops that deal with the most complexes set of crimes in the country.
To this end, he appealed to the Inspector General of Police Usman Baba to continue to give special consideration in his reward programme to officers serving in the state.
Owohunwa suggested that the consideration could be done through the sustainace of instrument of promotions and other reward system.
He emphasised that the incentive would make such beneficial officer serving in the state to know he is being appreciated for the great job being done.
Owohunwa who expressed gladness over the promotion, pointed out that the welfare and promotion scheme represents a critical component of the agenda and leadership vision of the Inspector General of Police.
According to him, IGP Baba has been consistent in ensuring officers with unblemished records are put forward for promotion as at when due subject to available vacancies.
He also reminded the IGP that in Lagos State Command, they are not only composed of the highest numbers of Police officers, but also constitute the crop of the most diligent and most resilient in the country.
In appreciating the IGP for what is being doing today, Owohunwa also appealed to him to continue to give special consideration in his reward programme to the Nigeria Police Force to Lagos State Command.
He said this can be done through the sustainace of instrument of promotion, it could also be done through other reward systems that will make a Lagos State officer know he is being appreciated for the great job he or she is doing for the nation in Lagos State”.
Also speaking at the occasion, the Commissioner of Police Railway Command, Yetunde Longe charged the officers to brace up for the new task ahead of them.
Longe implored them that to whom much is giving, much is expected. We normally say the higher is goes, the cooler, but it is not so in the Nigeria Police Force.
She noted that the reward for hardwork is more hard work, you have to continue to work hard , as much is expected of you now that you are at that cadre I will call the management team of the command. You should live up to expectations and be professional counselled.
In his own contribution, an erstwhile Archbishop of the Lagos Anglican Communion Archbishop Ephraim Ademowo charged the officers to always put in the best in the discharge of their duty and continue to go the extra mile.
For those still expecting their promotion, the clergy urged them to put God first, continue to be faithful and not be frustrated, assuring that the promotion will come someday.