Tinubu promotes 52,000 paramilitary officers in two years – Interior Minister

By Omeiza Ajayi

The Federal Government connected Thursday announced that President Bola Tinubu has promoted much than 52,000 unit crossed 4 paramilitary services wrong the Ministry of Interior successful conscionable 2 years of office, breaking decades of vocation stagnation that had deprived officers of deserved advancement.

Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this astatine the Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS successful Abuja during the decoration of recently promoted elder officers crossed the 4 paramilitary agencies – the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, and Federal Fire Service FFS.

The officers, who are present Deputy Comptrollers General, Deputy Controllers General, oregon Deputy Commandants General, depending connected the work limb to which they belong, were elevated done a process described by the curate arsenic transparent and merit-driven.

“Many officers retired without attaining positions they merited, not due to the fact that they lacked competence but due to the fact that promotions were irregular. Today, this medication has promoted implicit 52,000 officers successful conscionable 2 years,” helium said.

According to Tunji-Ojo, the reforms initiated by President Tinubu are not lone promoting payment but besides anchoring the process connected fairness, merit and inclusivity.

He noted that officers’ examinations were independently conducted and marked by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre earlier being ratified by the board.

“Your assignment came arsenic a effect of statesmanlike approval. It is not conscionable promotion but appointment. None of you is present connected courtesy, whether you merit it oregon not. If you are bully capable to beryllium DCG, past you are bully capable to beryllium CG,” helium added.

He explained that the national quality rule was applied to guarantee inclusivity crossed geopolitical zones portion merit and seniority remained the decisive factors.

The curate praised Tinubu for restoring dignity to the services by ensuring vacancies astatine the highest levels nary longer stay unfilled for months.

According to him, much than 80 per cent of the recently decorated DCGs were antecedently promoted to Assistant Comptrollers General ACGs nether the existent administration.

In summation to promotions, Tunji-Ojo listed different payment interventions, including accrued salaries, peculiar allowances, the eradication of stagnation, and beingness pensions for retired DCGs and CGs.

“This authorities has shown much enactment than immoderate different successful the past of the country. It believes that to whom overmuch is given, overmuch is expected,” helium stressed.

Charging the agencies with performance, the curate directed the NIS to unafraid borders, the NCoS to alteration prisons into correctional centres, the FFS to found itself arsenic archetypal responders, and the NSCDC to safeguard captious nationalist assets.

“The clip to emergence to your work is not tomorrow. It began yesterday. Let america beryllium catalysts of alteration and amusement that authorities did not marque a mistake successful entrusting america with these mandates,” helium urged.

Representing the recently decorated officers, Dr. Ngozi Odikpo expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for his “visionary commitment” to the country’s information and security, pledging loyalty, diligence, and integrity successful service.

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