From Olanrewaju Lawal, Birnin Kebbi
The National Chairman of Police Community Relations Committee(PCRC), Alhaji Mogaji Ibraheem Olaniyan has said that Police Constable in Nigeria deserve to be paid monthly salary of N3m.
Olaniyan,who stated this while speaking with newsmen after the inauguration of the new State Executive of the PCRC in Kebbi State, said,due to the high risk facing everyday by Policemen across Nigeria,they deserved better salaries from the Governments.
The PCRC national Chairman,who also paid courtesy visit to the Wife of Kebbi State Governor, Hajiya Zainab Nasir Idris,the National Patron of the Organization,requested a working vehicles for the 25 newly inaugurated state executive.
While speaking with newsmen, Olaniyan said: ” by the virtue of their job,Police cannot embark on industrial strike like NLC is embarking of protest. What Nigeria’s Police are facing if not because of the laws guiding them,if they have the right to protest,their mothers and fathers will also be joining them in the protest and those who love Nigeria’s Police.
“But on our own at the level of PCRC,we are working with the Local Government, State and Federal governments to address the plights of the Nigerian’s Police. Our immediate past National Chairman,Dr. Maiyama had set up a committee on salaries and wages for the Nigeria Policemen which eventually led to the increment of their salaries. So, we are not relenting on this struggle.
“Because,if Labour says that they are demanding for N1m as minimum wage , PCRC will be protesting and requesting that the salary of Police Constable should be N3m. Because,when teachers and other civil servants are closing by 2p, Policemen across Nigeria are on duty 24/7”.
Olaniyan however commended the Wife of Kebbi State Governor,Hajiya Zainab Nasir Idris for her continuous support to both the women and youth wings of the PCRC stressed that,they have created platforms and membership in UK,Canada,Saudi Arabia and many countries to strengthen the organization.
In her response, the Governor’s Wife, Hajia Zainab Nasir Idris, described PCRC as a wonderful committee that sought to reform the society, recalling that she had been a member of the committee long ago together with the present state chairperson.
She assured the committee of her readiness to render assistance to the best of her ability to reduce moral decadence especially amongst the youths.
The governor’s wife said: “My office is collaboration with National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), National Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) to see to how we can curb drug abuse, trafficking and other social vices.”
She then solicited for prayers and support from all for PCRC to thrive to success and for the present administration deliver the dividends of democracy to its constituents.
Earlier, in his speech, Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi, who was represented by Commissioner for Home Affairs and Internal Security, Alhaji Sama’ila Yakubu-Augie during the inauguration of the state executive, assured that his administration remained a government that had passion for security.
While applauding the efforts of PCRC in assisting the police to achieve its constitutional role, the governor encouraged them to sustain the tempo for the common good of all.
Idris urged the new executives to work in synergy and collaboration so that collectively they could achieve the set goals and objectives of the committee, assuring that the state government was doing everything possible to make their work better.
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hajiya Halima Muhammad-Bande assured the readiness of her office to support the PCRC to succeed.
She called on the new executive to do something on the rapid spread of social vices especially amongst the youths towards building a sound future generation.