As the proposed strike by policemen across the country appears to be gathering more momentum, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, will on Tuesday lecture officers in Ogun and Lagos state commands.

Some aggrieved rank and file in the Nigeria Police Force had condemned their poor salary, lack of sophisticated weapons to fight crime, bad condition of their barracks, failure to provide uniforms and accoutrements, among others.

The junior policemen queried why operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) receive much higher than they do.

Though the force headquarters had announced the implementation of a new salary structure, provision of accoutrements, tax waiver and other measures to assuage the cops, they said they no longer trust their leaders, saying they have been pushed to the wall.

They demanded N100,000 as the minimum wage, saying this would be the first condition to stop the strike slated for March 26, the same day the All Progressives Congress (APC) will hold its national convention.

Worried by the development, it was gathered that the presidency had summoned the Inspector-General, warning him that the nation could not endure a strike at a time like this.

Consequently, the IGP will today address his men in Lagos and Ogun States, it was learnt.

It was gathered that urgent messages were sent to police formations in the two states on Monday, asking them to prepare for the meeting with the police boss.

In Lagos, cops were instructed to gather at the police headquarters in Ikeja by 7am in their service dress.

The IGP will return to Ogun to speak with policemen, who were directed to have been seated at POWA Secretariat, Eleweran, Abeokuta by 10am.

It is expected that IGP Baba would sensitise officers on the measures being put in place to improve the welfare of the police and why they should not embark on any industrial action.

http://saharareporters.com/2022/03/22/looming-strike-inspector-general-police-address-personnel-lagos-ogun

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First time in my life that police are going on strike in Nigeria. This sums up everything that Buhari is catastrophic failure

Fahdiga:
First time in my life that police are going on strike in Nigeria. This sums up everything that Buhari is catastrophic failure

Buharist will tell you is only once. Just as they are saying fuel scarcity is just once under pmb.

Nigeria nah cruise. I thought dey debunk it. APShit

Aufbauh,
See your crippled party’s achievements

Nitwits

This one na their business. Infact soldiers and thugs should be used on them if they mistakenly enta the streets to protest jus the same way they were used against EndSars protesters

Another achievement of PMB first time would be hearing of police officers going on strike,,,,,I hope LAi Mohammed count this as one of the land mark achievement of this government of banditry and unknown gunmen

Fahdiga:
First time in my life that police are going on strike in Nigeria. This sums up everything that Buhari is catastrophic failure

Lie! They tried to go on strike under Obasanjo too but I can't remember how it ended.

A joke of a country.

If Police goes on strike , what is the fate of the average citizens? Because even with their presence things are bad!

To think this is the same police that the masses fought for there salary increment and improved welfare not long ago during the end SARS protest. what happened to the said salary increment all of us was jubiliating about or was it propaganda as usual?

Nigeria is at an all time low.

Rollsnjaguar:


Buharist will tell you is only once. Just as they are saying fuel scarcity is just once under pmb.

Didn't you see that one four places below me arguing that they went on strike during Obasanjo regime but he couldn't remember how it ended. Terrible humans

Ewwee...but I thought they debunked the news last week. This administration keeps attaining new lows, that other countries, even North Korea, have not dreamt of reaching. Tufia! Change indeed.

As for the police force, they better not dream about protesting cos na to stone them go sure pass. We don't want thugs to hijack their protest and begin to loot shops. They should just strike in their homes in peace.

It's even like the police are on perpetual strike already

I thought they first said it’s fake news




Well
Let’s wait for few days to read the counter news.


Naija is finished kpta kpta

Now that Tinubu has visited everywhere and even force dangote to commission his expensive fertilizer what's next?

We want Tinubu to exhaust all his energy and we will quietly vote a better candidate in 2023.
Let the noise continue, we say never to ancestors, agent of inflation and hungry.

Just before they go on strike, they should allow everyone have a rifle or pistol

Ok.