IGP Mohammed A Adamu Police
IGP Mohammed A Adamu Police Boss
Why We Host Top Police Officers on Retreat on Internal
Security- IGP Mohammed Adamu
(A Remark at Opening Ceremony of Retreat for Senior Police Officers
in Lagos)
There is a strong correlation between personnel capacity and
organizational performance. This fact is even more evident in the
Nigeria Police Force, given the increasingly complex and dynamic
nature of crime that we, as the primary law enforcement agency,
grapples with routinely, the risks we are regularly exposed to, and
our obligation to perform our duties within the dictates of the
law.
The inter-mix of these requires the constant acquisition of
professional knowledge by all police personnel, particularly, those
at strategic management level. This is with a view to acquiring the
capacity to dissect threats, appreciate complex security and crime
situations, and take decisions, at times in split seconds, towards
neutralising such threats or resolving identified crimes.
The idea of this Retreat is, therefore, in furtherance to our
policing vision which emphasizes capacity building as a pathway to
enhancing effective police service delivery in the country. We
firmly believe that with the constant engagement of strategic
managers and consistent training and retraining of personnel of the
Force across all ranks, the expectation of the Federal Government
and indeed, the nation at large for a Police Force that is
knowledge-driven, rule of law-guided, community-oriented,
technology-compliant, and intelligence-led shall be achieved.
Through a professional forum of this nature, the personnel of
the Nigeria Police shall be expected to acquire a high-level of
professionalism and competence required to neutralize any threat to
our national security and give meaning to the Constitutional
provision that ‘the security and welfare of the people shall be the
primary purpose of government’.
Gathered here for this 3-day Retreat and Conference are a
collection of all officers occupying strategic leadership positions
in the Nigeria Police Force. This comprises of all Commissioners of
Police, Assistant Inspectors General of Police, and Deputy
Inspectors General of Police, and our mission is in twofold.
Firstly, we intend to utilize this forum to undertake a holistic
evaluation of the current internal security threats and crime
dynamics in the country, identify factors engendering crimes, and
project into the future. This is with a view to identifying human
capacity requirements for addressing current and emerging threats
to our internal security and evolving pathways towards addressing
such.
Secondly, this programme is expected to avail participating
Police Officers of the opportunity to draw on the expertise of
seasoned facilitators and the rich professional knowledge of the
array of police officers here gathered. We shall also leverage on
the network to be established towards enhancing peer-review towards
engendering a broader understanding of our mandate and enhance our
operational capacity.
With these anticipated outcomes in mind, I charge all
participants to take advantage of this unique opportunity, give
their utmost attention, and ensure that the purposes of this
engagement are achieved. As you all know, the security threats
being faced in our dear nation require urgent and well-thought out
solutions. Let us, therefore, roll up our sleeves and rededicate
ourselves to our statutory duties in order to provide security that
will not only place us above the criminal elements, but guarantee
that we deliver our services in the most professional, civil, and
lawful manner.
May I also seize this opportunity to again re-assure the entire
citizens of this great country of our firm determination and clear
vision to evolve a new Police Force for the nation, and to explore
all available strategies in guaranteeing their security and safety.
This is our Mandate. It is, therefore, our obligation to attain it.
We, however, solicit the continued support of the citizens in the
process.
Mohammed Adamu
Inspector General of Police