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The chairperson of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase

The chairperson of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase

How we’ll address corruption, indiscipline in Nigeria Police – PSC Chairman Arase

"Every policeman was a civilian and will return to civilian life after retirement as I have since I retired some seven years ago."

byPremium Times
March 29, 2023
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The chairperson of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, was at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday where he spoke to reporters.

Mr Arase, a former inspector-general of police, spoke on issues of discipline, corruption and others within the police.

See excerpts of the interview below.

Arase: We’ll ensure that we continue to put our local and international expertise at their disposal.

We will be strong in training in various areas, especially alternative dispute resolution.

The issue of discipline will be taken seriously. I will not want a situation where civil situations arise. So any officer who steps out of the line, there will be consequences. But at the same time, they are my colleagues and children. So I’m going to make sure that I sharpen their skills.

I’ll ensure that they start having confidence in themselves. With more training, the trust gap between members of the public and the police will be bridged. That is what I want to do; (so) that members of the public will collaborate with the police force; see them as part of the larger society.

Every policeman was a civilian and will return to civilian life after retirement as I have since I retired some seven years ago.

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The benefits that are derivable from good conduct as a police officer, they will continue to reap it when they retire. So that is what I will emphasise.

Q: What specific steps will you take to improve the relationship between the commission and the police?

Arase: If you look at the calibre of people you have in the commission, then you also look at the professional skills of the police management team, there is no way that there won’t be occasional issues.

What I think we should do is that each of the parties should not learn to take everything. There must be negotiation, empathy and respect for each of our roles.


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I will expect that the commission allows the IGP to exercise his operational control over the police. And that the IG himself will respect the constitutional powers of the Police Service Commission. So, there must be mutual respect between both parties. I don’t foresee any crisis at all.

Q: How will you address corruption?

Well, as an Inspector-General of police, the way I looked at the issue of corruption was to identify it from the source.

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When you tackle issues that are likely to increase the tendencies to be corrupt, you deal with it. How are you taking care of their welfare?

How are you ensuring that when they retire, they have a decent house to go to? How are you taking care of their children? Can we organise scholarship schemes for them?

Can we ensure that when we deploy them, they have the necessary work equipment? When you respect people who work for you…even your dogs, when they see you, they will wag their tails. So we must take the interest of the Nigerian police officers into consideration. And we’ll douse the issue of corruption. Also, members of the public should not corrupt them.

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