Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday commended the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olukayode Egbetokun for being gender sensitive in the appointments and deployments of two female Commissioners of Police to Kwara State and Ebonyi State Police Commands.
The two female Commissioners of Police are Adelesi E. Oluwarotimi, CP kwara State Command and Augustina Ogbodo, CP Ebonyi State Command .They were among the eight commissioners of Police that were deployed to State Commands on Friday.
PSC commended the acting Inspector General of Police, Egbetokun for adhering to its latest Policy on gender sensitivity in his recommendation.
However, Commission drew the attention of Egbetokun to the lingering inability of Nigeria Police to meet “15 per cent geo-political spread” in key appointments.
It said that North East and South East geopolitical zones are yet to record the benchmark of 15 percent as decided at its last Plenary Meeting and that Commission expects that the Inspector General in his subsequent proposals will include more Officers of North East and South East geopolitical zones.
Notwithstanding the above observation the Police Service Commission approved the appointment and deployment of the eight Commissioners of Police to State Commands in the Country.
The newly appointed State Commissioners of Police are; Godwin Aghaulor now Cp Bornu State Command; Adelesi E. Oluwarotimi, CP kwara State Command ( female); Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, CP Oyo State Command; Augustina Ogbodo, CP Ebonyi State Command (female) and Samuel Titus Musa, CP Kebbi State Command.
Others are Aderemi Olufemi Adeoye, CP Anambra State Command; Stephen Olarewaju, CP Imo State Command and Alamatu Abiodun CP Ogun State Command.
Commission’s Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, a retired Inspector General of Police said the postings as recommended by the acting Inspector General of Police was on the average, fair and Commended the IGP for the inclusion of women.
Dr. Arase advised that the acting IGP should consider the disadvantaged geo-political zones while forwarding subsequent proposals for Commission’s ratification.