No members of the Nigeria Police Force are planning to embark on strike, acting Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi has said on Monday in Abuja.
Adejobi in a statement, dismissed reports in a section of the media that its officers planned an industrial action with effect from March 26, 2022 over unpaid allowances.
The statement said police officers all over the country remained committed to securing Nigeria’s spaces and won’t down tools.
Adejobi also said the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, is working hard to ensure the full implementation of the increment of salaries and allowances proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari and approved by the Federal Executive Council.
The statement was titled, ‘Alleged Police Strike Action: NPF Describes News As Fake, Mischievous’.
It read, “The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to a news making the rounds on social media alleging that some members of the Force will be embarking on a strike action with effect from March 26, 2022.
“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to state unequivocally that the alleged publication is fake and a mischievous attempt by unscrupulous individuals to bring the Force to disrepute, misinform the general public and heat up the polity.
“It is pertinent to restate that the Nigeria Police Force is a regimented and disciplined organization with laid down rules and guidelines for addressing grievances and in no circumstance is a strike action one of such means.
“The men and women of the Nigeria Police Force are fully aware that a strike action or other deliberate disruption of law enforcement services by any security organization is mutinous and the personnel of the Force would not degenerate at any point to that level of disloyalty and indiscipline, as policing services are paramount and essential in the maintenance of orderliness and peace in the nation.”
