Video: Police Constabularies Protest In Kwara Over Non Funds Of 16 Months Salaries
Youths recruited as Constabularies into the Nigeria Police Pressure to enrich the police in sustaining Safety in Kwara state on Saturday staged a protest in Ilorin over non cost of 16 months wage owed them by the state authorities.
The Particular Constables staged protest in strategic areas of, the state capital together with Problem, Publish Workplace and Ahmadu Bello technique to the state authorities Home echoing “Kwara state authorities, pay us our salaries for 16 months.’’
A few of the protesters rode on bikes carrying three passengers every whereas others who wearing black Police Uniform coated their our bodies with leaves as they marched alongside the streets.
The Constables complained that they haven’t been paid any wage by the state authorities because the completion of their coaching in April 2021.
The state police command nonetheless reacted that neither the state command nor the federal government made a monetary dedication to be paying the Constabularies month-to-month salaries just like the common cops earlier than throughout and after their trainings.
However the state Commissioner for Communication, Mr Olabode Towoju mentioned that the Police Constables have been to be taken care of by the native governments within the state.
He mentioned, “the Constabularies aren’t instantly been paid by the state authorities. They’re being taken care of by the native governments which have been paying them their stipends.”
Towoju defined that the federal government recruited some younger males final 12 months to beef up safety on account of the current safety challenges and to scale back the unemployment price within the state.
Spokesman of Kwara State police command, Ajayi Okasanmi in a press assertion on the event mentioned,”Kwara State Police Command needs to dissociates herself from a video already spiralling on fb, concerning a protest by some purported policemen over non-payment of 1 12 months wage.”
The assertion acknowledged that,”For functions of clarification, the characters seen within the video are police particular constabularies recruited to enrich the operation of group policing.
” You will need to state that the idea of group policing and recruitment of particular constabularies is voluntary in nature, which means they aren’t on month-to-month renumeration like the standard policemen. This a lot the constabularies have been briefed earlier than taken up the job, in addition to, the job shouldn’t be full time job.
It added that,”Because of the complaints of the constabularies concerning non cost of stipends by the state authorities, the constabularies have been invited for a gathering by the state authorities on methods by which their complains may very well be seemed into, therefore their invite to the federal government home immediately.
“It was stunning that the identical set of constabularies after the assembly with brokers of the state authorities might go surfing with a video claiming that the federal government was owing them salaries for a 12 months.
The commissioner of police Kwara State, CP Tuesday Assayomo psc (+) needs to state categorically, that the police shouldn’t be owing any policeman or girl any wage, neither is the police owing the particular constabularies wage. Subsequently, members of the general public are suggested to ignore the viral video because it was designed to embarrass the police and likewise to attract an undue sympathy from the general public.
“The women and men of the particular constabulary are at liberty to honorably disengage from the service in the event that they so want.” the assertion concluded.
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