IG inaugurates police broadcasting services board

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated
a 16-man board of the Nigeria Police Broadcasting Services.

The board members are expected to tackle the growing security
challenges in the country via the police radio and television
outfits.

Speaking during the inauguration on the essence of the radio and
television outfit on Friday, the IG said: “We will tackle security
challenges such as terrorism, oil bunkering, ethnic tension,
herders/farmers clashes through the use of our radio and television
network.

“It will enable the police to tell it’s story and set the record
straight by telling positive stories and correcting distorted
information about the police.

“It will be used to build community relations and enhance
positive relations with members of the public and also advance the
community policing course of the Nigeria Police Force.”

The police chief also noted that the outfits were not
established for money making but for the advancement of the
function of the Nigeria Police Force as stipulated in Section 4 of
the Police Act.

Also speaking, the Managing Director of Skytick International
Limited, Edirin Wesley, said the absence of an information outfit
contributed to the low successes recorded by the police in tackling
crime.

He said, “It is an established fact that no nation can confront
crimes headlong without credible means of factual and valid
information dissemination and the absence of this over the years
has been one basic defect in the fight against crime by the Nigeria
Police Force.

“One of the basic truths about the inadequacies of the Nigeria
Police Force is its inability to tell it’s own story and I think
with the estbalsihement of its mass media outfit, the tendency to
deny them right of showing and telling the road of its performance
will be eliminated.”

NPBS is expected to be managed by Skytick limited and handed
over to the Nigeria Police Force after 20 years.

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated
a 16-man board of the Nigeria Police Broadcasting Services.

The board members are expected to tackle the growing security
challenges in the country via the police radio and television
outfits.

Speaking during the inauguration on the essence of the radio and
television outfit on Friday, the IG said: “We will tackle security
challenges such as terrorism, oil bunkering, ethnic tension,
herders/farmers clashes through the use of our radio and television
network.

“It will enable the police to tell it’s story and set the record
straight by telling positive stories and correcting distorted
information about the police.

“It will be used to build community relations and enhance
positive relations with members of the public and also advance the
community policing course of the Nigeria Police Force.”

The police chief also noted that the outfits were not
established for money making but for the advancement of the
function of the Nigeria Police Force as stipulated in Section 4 of
the Police Act.

Also speaking, the Managing Director of Skytick International
Limited, Edirin Wesley, said the absence of an information outfit
contributed to the low successes recorded by the police in tackling
crime.

He said, “It is an established fact that no nation can confront
crimes headlong without credible means of factual and valid
information dissemination and the absence of this over the years
has been one basic defect in the fight against crime by the Nigeria
Police Force.

“One of the basic truths about the inadequacies of the Nigeria
Police Force is its inability to tell it’s own story and I think
with the estbalsihement of its mass media outfit, the tendency to
deny them right of showing and telling the road of its performance
will be eliminated.”

NPBS is expected to be managed by Skytick limited and handed
over to the Nigeria Police Force after 20 years.