The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved new policy guidelines for deployment of management and tactical commanders in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The commission advised Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba to be guided appropriately by the policy guidelines said to be founded on principles of fairness and justice for all policemen and women.
The new policy guidelines also involve the imperativeness for gender-sensitivity in the deployment of Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) to zonal and state command headquarters.
The PSC considered and approved the policy guidelines at its 21st plenary meeting which held at its headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, and presided over by its Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The commission said the NPF should 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.
It noted that the current deployment of CPs to state commands leaves much to be desired in reflecting the principle of equity and fairness to all geo-political zones of the country.
