The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, has said that the police job is the best in the world.
Egbetokun made the remarks during his two-day working visit to Edo State.
According to him: “Police job is a job you do and people will pray for you. It is also a job you do and people will give you the opposite of prayer. So, it is you, the policemen, who will decide which one you want.”
The IGP advised men and officers of the Edo State Police Command to be transparent and honest in their actions with members of the public
He also urged the officers to do the best they can, serve the people to the best of their ability and show commitment to the highest standard of integrity and public trust.
Egbetokun, who noted that the Nigeria Police was recently rated as the most improved agency in anti-corruption in Nigeria, added that it would not have been possible if the officers had not keyed into the new policing vision of emplacing a professionally competent, service-driven, rule of law compliance and people-friendly police force.
While enjoining officers of the Edo State Command to be committed to excellent service delivery in the discharge of their duties to the people, he assured them that the Federal Government is committed to improving police welfare.
He said: “The Federal Government is committed to improve police welfare and we are also doing our best to ensure that policemen have improved welfare.
“Recently, we launched the police housing scheme. The intention of having a police housing scheme is to provide affordable housing to all police officers across the ranks.
“With what we have in place and what we are putting together, houses would be affordable for all police officers, such that you cannot serve the police for 35 years, retire and not have a home.
“That is what we are working on and we are getting support from the Federal Government. This is to show you that the government and the police administration are committed to improving welfare for all police officers.”