The Police Service Commission has approved new policy guidelines for the deployment of management and tactical commanders in the Nigeria Police Force and the imperativeness for gender sensitivity in the deployment of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police to zonal and state command headquarters.
The commission considered and approved the policy guidelines at its 21st plenary held at its Corporate Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja on Thursday, June 15, 2023, and was presided over by its Chairman, Dr Solomon Arase.
The PSC urged the NPF to be guided by the principle of federal character in both recruitment, at all levels, and deployment of its personnel at management and tactical levels to ensure balance, equity, and fairness in the system.
The spokesperson for the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, made the development known in a statement on Sunday.
The PSC further advised the Inspector General of Police to be guided appropriately by the policy guidelines, which it said were founded on the principles of fairness and justice to all members of the NPF.
On its policy on the imperatives of gender sensitivity in the deployment of AIGs and CPs, the PSC noted that the continued practice of lopsided deployments of only male police officers to zones and commands with no fair consideration and representation of female police officers who are qualified for such positions.
