By Ngozi Nwankwo
A full nation wide delegation of the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, led by its National Chairman, Alhaji Mogaji Ibrahim Olaniyan was in the Police Service Commission Corporate Headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, where they commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the appointment of DIG Hashimu Argungu as the Chairman of the Commission.
Alhaji Olaniyan led a strong delegation that included Officers from both the National, Zonal and state leaders of the Committee.
The visiting delegation was received by the PSC Chairman and the Management of the Commission.
The Commission Chairman noted that the Public are the Police stressing that without their support and cooperation the Police will not make a success of their duty to maintain law and order and ensure security across the nation.
DIG Argungu said it is the public that will give the Police information for their work, adding that without this information, it will be difficult for the Police to fight crime and criminality in the country. According to him it is the absence of crime that shows or confirms that the security Agencies are working and not the number of bandits arrested.
He said the Commission will continue to partner the Police Community Relations Committee and advised that they should not relent in assisting the Police from the Divisional level, through the State and national level. “You need to continue to assist the DPOs, Area Commanders, Commissioners of Police Zonal AIGs and the Inspector General of Police ” he noted.
The PSC Chairman declared that the Committee has rendered sacrificial services to the nation and urged that they should not be discouraged.
The National Chairman of the Committee Alhaji Olaniyan had commended Mr. President for the appointment of DIG Argungu as Chairman of the Commission.
He informed the PSC Chairman that his members were ready to take up the assignment of the rested Constabulary without salary as their contribution to national security especially in these critical period of national development.
According to him “we have Lawyers, Doctors, Engineers etc and we are ready to give the Police one million volunteers for crowd control”. This he said will free the Police to handle some other challenging assignments.
The PCRC Chairman said the Committee is ready to support the Federal Government in this direction as Community Policing Officers.