With the growing crime wave in the country, the NPF is in desperate need of help to address the plethora of challenges it faces including armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism and rape. Under its Justice for All Programme, DFID has offered to be of assistance with the retreat that will ensure that the force management team has a deeper understanding of the policy direction and best way to achieve it.
Nigeria's newly-appointed inspector-general of police Ibrahim Idris has already promised a vision of policing with integrity. Speaking at the opening ceremony yesterday, Mr Idris charged the senior officers to deliberate on the best way forward considering how their respective departments will support him attain the vision.
Mr Idris said: “We also need to understand roles of the various oversight bodies, the national and international partners and perhaps more importantly, finding ways to engage with the hard to reach communities, while actively sustaining existing relationship with the wider communities.”
He noted that the participants have been given a unique opportunity to lead one of the largest and most diverse police organisations in the world and that though their task may appear daunting and complex, he expressed confidence that team work will make easy the job of modernising and reforming the NPF. Mr Idris defined leadership as a process and not a position.
“Many in leadership positions demand respect based on their rank and title. However, we need to understand that respect is earned. It cannot be commanded or forced on the rank and file," Mr Idris added.
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