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itsme01:




Ndi Marginalisation at it again

perhaps the IGP doesnt trust Ndi invicticus and Ndi Onyeama

when Professor ben nwabueze and Gen Aguiyi Ironsi where busy destroying regional government constituition and writting the unitary one they where happy and smiling, kaduna Nzeogwu and his friends even braged and smilled while killing Sarduna , Tafa balewa, Samuel Ladoke Akintola and many more

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Sweeetheart:
[s]unitary system of govt don tire una so quick?


you Feed a wild animal, it grown up eating you up from 1967 to 1970, continue eating the seed you germinated in 2017 and 2018 and y'all are crying marginalisation as if those appointed will give their kinsmen part of their salaries


you people worry on needless things and invest your political life on misplace priorities hence your irrelevance in national politics[/s]

Hizzy:
I'm not surprised even though APC is my party but the bias flow in our party is worse than Yellow fever

celeiyke:
*Concerns Mount over Constitutionality of Police Command Appointments

•North-west tops list with 12 CPs, South-east gets one in contravention of federal character principle enshrined in S14 (3) of 1999 Constitution as amended

•Abia, 13 others have none


•PSC pushes for implementation of policy on balance, equality of states

There are mounting concerns over the constitutionality of appointment of Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

While some states have more than three CPs heading state police commands, many others have none contrary to the provision of Section 14 (3) of the Constitution as amended, which forbids domination of one section of the country by the other.

It states: “The composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic of other sectional groups in that government or in any of its agencies.”

Police sources that spoke to THISDAY yesterday said there were concerns in the force that it was in breach of this section of the constitution, contending that it had become necessary for the police authorities to make amends.

A breakdown of the list of commissioners of police in state command positions obtained by THISDAY shows that while Katsina has four slots, 14 other states, including Abia, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Jigawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Ondo, Oyo and Rivers have none.

It also showed that of the six geopolitical zones, the North-west dominated with 12 of its indigenes in such a powerful position.

Of the 12, four are from Katsina State, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, while Kebbi has three, Sokoto two, with Zamfara, Kano and Kaduna producing one apiece. However, Jigawa, the seventh state in the zone has no indigene holding any state command.

Trailing the North-west is the North-east with eight of its indigenes in command positions. Of the eight, two each are from Adamawa and Taraba States while Borno, Bauchi, Gombe and Yobe have one each.

With seven of their indigenes holding command positions, the South-west came third in order of ranking.

Osun has three, while Lagos and Ogun States produced two each. The three other states in the zone, Ekiti, Oyo and Ondo, have none.

As for the South-south, three of the five CPs are from Cross River, one each from Akwa Ibom and Edo, while Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa have none.

The North-central, with four CPs is next to the South-south. Niger, Plateau, FCT and Kwara have one each, while Benue, Kogi as well as Nasarawa have no indigene leading any of the 36 state commands and FCT.

At the bottom of the ranking is the South-east, which has only one CP from Imo State. The other four states in the geopolitical zone, Anambra, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi have none.
The situation, analysts say, makes a joke of the Buhari administration’s community policing policy, which places emphasis on localization of the police.

“The whole idea is that people who are more knowledgeable about an area are better placed to police the community, hence the indigenisation of the police. Asking a Northerner from landlocked Kano State to head the policing of riverine Bayelsa State turns logic on its head,” an analyst said.

Indeed there are deafening complaints in police circles, that the entire mobile police squadrons in the South are commanded by Northern officers. “Does that make sense to you?” a serving senior officer asked THISDAY.

THISDAY checks have shown that in a bid to ensure adherence to the federal character principle and adequate representation of the 36 states of the federation in the posting of police commissioners, the PSC is pushing for the implementation of its policy that stipulates that each state of the federation must produce a commissioner of police heading a state police command at any given time.

The policy states that each state must produce a commissioner of police, who must serve at least two years in a command before redeployment. If a particular state does not have an officer of the rank of a commissioner, a neighbouring state that satisfies the requirement may take its place.
THISDAY gathered that some states produced many commissioners of police, none of whom is heading any state police command.

Said a knowledgeable source: “Some states may have let’s say four commissioners of police but none of them would be heading any state command. They may just be at the Admin Department of the Force Headquarters.
“It is an existing policy which has not been implemented. We are pushing for its implementation.”

The source said the policy envisaged that a police commissioner should serve at least two years in such a command before redeployment.

“The policy states how CPs should be appointed and tenure. That every state will have a state command CP. I mean it puts to an end to the practice where one state will produce four CPs while some will have their sons and daughters on CP ranks posted to head admin and other redundant offices.

“The policy says that command CPs will now have a tenure of not less than two years and should not be removed unless on promotion, disciplinary issues or death,” the source said.

THISDAY further learnt that the PSC is expected to post commissioners as required by the constitution but the policy on state command CPs has not been implemented by the IG.
It was learnt that the IG is allegedly frustrating the implementation of the policy.

“The policy says the commission will now post CPs to commands as it is stated in the constitution that such posting is an appointment and the responsibility of the commission.

“This policy came into effect several months ago but has not been respected by the IGP. Currently many states with officers on CP rank don’t have state command CP,” the source said.

THISDAY also learnt that most of the MOPOL commanders posted to the Southern part of the country are from the North, a situation that is at variance with the federal character principle.

“The issue of Commanders of Police Mobile Force, PMF is terribly lopsided. This is not in the policy but there is need to spread it so that every state, region should be represented. There is need for federal character in these appointments. Presently, MOPOL commanders in squadrons in the South are northerners,” a security source said.

When contacted, spokesman of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said the commission had since sent the policy document to the IG for implementation.

“I am aware there is a policy on that from the commission. We have since sent it to the IGP,” he said.
Force Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Frank Mba, a deputy commissioner, told THISDAY he was attending a retreat when he was contacted for responses to the constitutional and operational issues raised.

Answers to THISDAY enquiry, listing the areas of concerns forwarded to his mobile phones yesterday afternoon were still being awaited at press time.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/11/26/concerns-mount-over-constitutionality-of-police-command-appointments/

bigfish3k:
forget how many? u can promote the few there to meet up with others, afterall the federal character law is meant to protect the weak and the disadvantaged
but when casualties of boko haram start coming in we start seeing SE names. how com?

bigfish3k:
and he was killed for it because others dont like it
why continue with what u dont like and worst still u have tried it and seen that its is retrogressing the country

or do u think we should continue in this path?

Modivs:
The whole south south is equivalent to kaduna and katsina in terms of land mass and population so if you are giving them thesame number of slots that means you are cheating on north

Ojiofor:
You support evil today because it favours you,tomorrow maybe your turn to cry as you are running a government of winner takes it all.

Chibuzoc:
Welcome to the zoogeria built by Hausa and Yoruba. While the Biafrans were fighting to protect their land, the North and West were busy creating this jungle called nigeria.

The nigeria you see today was a creation of hausa/Fulani and there yoruba folks.

Sweeetheart:
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I don't have time for nonsense. commissioners from my tribe aren't the one feeding me, so their appointment or not means nothing to me


I don't know why a region will be crying like a baby every time, the IGP should be question not everything is Buhari. you people should seek Knowledge and halt wailing for once

Igbo:
Sharap!! Don't try to change history, he was killed because of the coup that killed mainly northern soldiers.. You see how u nyamuri flat.heads like to take everyone as fools and illiterates!

Ola14:
Bros you really fall my hand an average senior officer from North is ready to listen to his brother from any part of the North any day any time but my own brother from the South will tell you that they did not join the job because of you they will walk you out of their office with disgrace...... experience is the best teacher I have experienced it.....so stop blaming the North for helping their own people while we continue chasing away our own.

NaMeAboki:
Big deal; the wailers have finally got something to wail about; yet when it comes to strict adherence to federal character you'll always find the north is often one being short changed - northerners are simply more easy going and don't kick up a storm when it happens - they are not wailers by nature.

calyto:
Your mumu never reach?

Promote them because they come from a particular region?

Do you smoke bob risky's shit?

Ola14:
Bros you really fall my hand an average senior officer from North is ready to listen to his brother from any part of the North any day any time but my own brother from the South will tell you that they did not join the job because of you they will walk you out of their office with disgrace...... experience is the best teacher I have experienced it.....so stop blaming the North for helping their own people while we continue chasing away our own.

bigfish3k:
yes, u should promote them because they come from a particular region, that is what the constitution designed by the yorubas/hausas said

so its the designers of the constitution that smoked bob risky's shit

calyto:
There's nothing like that in any constitution so better keep quiet if you don't know what to say.

The constitution is not a secret document so if you think you are close to having knowledge of anything at all, please quote that part of the constitution.

Stop doing drugs bro

bigfish3k:
being abusive does not make u right

so u mean that it was aguiyi ironsi that planned the coup

Igbo:
I just hate the desperate and disrespect by ibos in always trying to change history by finding fault in others while exonerating themselves. You always try to potray urself as perfect individuals that never had any bad dealings in the history of Nigeria

Aguiyi Ironsi didn't carry out the coup but his kinsmen did, even after the northern region gave him a lifespan of 7 months to bring the coup plotters to justice, he still insisted.. You can't eat ur cake and have it

Northerners didn't carry out the counter coup because of quota system, but because of the ibo coup.. don't try to distort history pls!!!

Igbo:
I just hate the desperate and disrespect by ibos in always trying to change history by finding fault in others while exonerating themselves. You always try to potray urself as perfect individuals that never had any bad dealings in the history of Nigeria

Aguiyi Ironsi didn't carry out the coup but his kinsmen did, even after the northern region gave him a lifespan of 7 months to bring the coup plotters to justice, he still insisted.. You can't eat ur cake and have it

Northerners didn't carry out the counter coup because of quota system, but because of the ibo coup.. don't try to distort history pls!!!

Ojiofor:
Nonsense.Buhari is the commander in chief and everything stops at his table.
We are talking about what the constitution says about federal character when it comes to appointment into federal agencies.
People are only asking Buhari to respect the constitution.

Chibuzoc:
Welcome to the zoogeria built by Hausa and Yoruba. While the Biafrans were fighting to protect their land, the North and West were busy creating this jungle called nigeria.

The nigeria you see today was a creation of hausa/Fulani and there yoruba folks.

GermanPoison:
this zoogeria u called waz built by Hausa and Igbo ask ur fore father ziks and Michael okpara

Sweeetheart:
nonsense. what's the effect of federal character in the common lives of average Nigerians?


you're only crying for the middle rich people who give no damn about you. there are many way of expressing your displeasure against breach of constitution without wailing and ranting

bigfish3k:
the federal character enshrines it. You can ask other knowledgeable people or read up the contents of the OP , u will see it there