By Kingsley Omonobi
ABUJA—The Parry Osayande-led Police Reorganising Committee, recently constituted by President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, met for hours with Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, at force headquarters, Abuja.

During the visit, Vanguard gathered, the committee had a fruitful discussion with the IG on ways of restructuring and repositioning the force for effective performance.

Abubakar, who was said to have made his own recommendations on the way forward, told the panel that the Police needed all the restructuring it could get to make it rise up to the challenges of security threats currently plaguing the country.

The panel, which started sitting on Tuesday, February 8, at the headquarters of the Police Service Commission, PSC, it will be recalled, was set up January 25 with Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Parry Osayande, as Chairman.

Other members of the panel are: Mr. Casmir Akagbosu, AIG (rtd); Major-General S. N. Chikwe(rtd), former Provost Marshal, Nigeria Army; Dr. Fabian Ajogwu (SAN); Prof. S. D. Mukoro; Mr. Bashir Albasu; Aisha Tukur, Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Office of the SGF, Secretary of the committee.

Terms of reference

The panel is charged, among others, to identify the challenges and factors militating against the effective performance of the Police and make recommendations for addressing the challenges.

It is to examine the scope and standard of training and other personnel development activities in the Police to determine their adequacy or otherwise.

The panel is also to determine the general and specific causes of the collapse of public confidence in the Police and recommend ways of restoring public trust in the institution.

It is to examine records of performance of officers and men of the force, with a view to identifying those that can no longer fit into the system due to declining productivity, age, indiscipline, corruption, and/or disloyalty.

Furthermore, the panel is to make any other recommendations for the improvement of the Nigeria Police.

The Federal Government noted that the panel’s recommendation shall be implemented along with those by previous committees set up by government on the reform of the force.