Police officers holds arms to block supporters of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants from marching on the president’s official residence in Abuja on October 14, 2014. Some 276 girls were seized from their dormitories at the Government Girls Secondary School in the remote town of Chibok in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, on the night of April 14. AFP PHOTO
By Kingsley Omonobi
ABUJA—Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the audit of all police investments and subsidiaries nationwide and has, consequently, engaged the services of two professional audit firms for the exercise.
A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Donald Awunah, said: “The police boss made the disclosure while addressing the Board and Management of Police Investments Bodies and Subsidiaries at the headquarters, Abuja, on July 13.
“The measure is in line with the Federal Government’s agenda to institutionalise fiscal discipline, transparency, probity and accountability in the management of public funds.”
The acting IGP said the exercise was aimed at ascertaining the true financial position, assets and liabilities, challenges and recommendations on how to restructure and reposition the subsidiaries for effective and efficient services, profitability and return of investment to sharehol-ders and the police community at large.
According to him, the force’s management team had appointed two audit firms, Messrs Nsebot William & Co and Gbenga Abimbola & Co, to carry out the special assignment, which he said would be completed in six weeks.
He directed the board and management of the investment bodies and subsidiaries to cooperate with the auditing firms to ensure a smooth and successful audit.
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