The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of two Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to the next rank of Deputy Inspectors-General, it also approved the promotion of six Commissioners of Police to Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and the elevation of 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police to Commissioners of Police.
This was made known to the public by Ikechukwu Ani
Head, Press and Public Relations on Tuesday, 21 December,2021.
The Commission also approved the promotion of 24 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Deputy Commissioners of Police; 49 Chief Superintendents of Police to the rank of Assistant Commissioners. It also endorsed the elevation of 74 Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents and 866 Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents.
The Commission took these decisions at its 13th Plenary Meeting which held in Abuja on Monday, December 20th and Tuesday, December 21st, 2021 before it adjourned to January 2022 to continue with further deliberations.
It also during the meeting approved the confirmation of 7,166 ASP11 to ASP1 and considered 24 promotion appeals relating to adjustment in promotion dates, seniority.
The two AIG’s promoted to DIGs are AIG Zaki M. Ahmed and AIG Johnson Babatunde Kokumo. While AIG Zaki was promoted to cover the vacant duty post that was created as a result of the retirement of DIG Tijjani Baba who retired on October 6th, 2021, AIG Kokumo will be filling the gap left by DIG David Oyebanji Folawiyo who retired on 21st November 2021.
Nnamdi Okeke, 0/C D9 Anti Robbery State CID Enugu; Nkiruka Nwode, Zonal PRO Zone 13 , Ukpo, Anambra state and Marcel Amaechi Ozochi 2I/C SWAT Ebonyi state were among the 866 DSPS Promoted TO SPS.
[03:27, 12/22/2021] Aunty Ada: The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has expressed shock and sadness over the death on Monday evening of former Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Abia State and Fellow of NGE, Mr. Bonnie Iwuoha.
In statement on Tuesday signed by the NGE’s President Mustapha Isah and the General Secretary, Iyobosa Uwugiaren, the professional body of all the editors in Nigeria described the death of Iwuoha as devastating, painful and huge loss to the Guild and journalism profession in Nigeria.
The statement said that Mr. Bonnie Iwuoha was a committed Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. He served in various committees, and was the chairman of the Electoral Committee of NGE on several occasions, including the last convention in May 2021 in Kano. His last outing in the Guild’s activities, was the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) in Abuja two months ago, where he was a discussant at the conference.
Iwuoha has described as a man of deep conviction, honest, very principled and lively.
He was also described as an accomplished administrator, unionist and humanist – who struggled for over three decades to improve the welfare of journalists in the country.
While commiserating with members of the NGE, friends, his immediate family, the government and the people of Abia State, the Guild prayed the Almighty God to give his loved ones the fortitude to bear the immeasurable loss.
As a mark of honour, the NGE has opened a condolence register at the Secretariat in Ikeja, Lagos.
