By Festus Fifen.

As the Nigeria Police Force Continues to evolve in it’s internal security architecture, the Nigeria Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, with the support from Udom Emmanuel, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, will on 7th and 8th February, 2022, host a 2-day Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers comprising Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police, and other Heads of Police Formations, in the city of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital.

A statement from the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba says the Conference and Retreat, themed “The New Police Vision: A Roadmap for Stabilizing Internal Security in Nigeria”, is part of efforts by the current Police leadership to collaborate with critical stakeholders in driving a policing vision that would amongst other benefit and also avail Police Strategic Managers with contemporary and vantage opportunities to effectively deliver on their mandates.
The statement added that it will also afford the Police leadership the opportunity to identify and set measurable crime fighting agenda for the Force in the year 2022.

The IGP notes that the Conference and Retreat will equally provide a unique opportunity for the Strategic Managers of the Force and carefully selected Public Safety Experts to engage in peer review and cross fertilization of ideas for improved internal security management in the country. This is in addition to providing new traction for driving the new NPF policy aimed at modernization, re-orientation and re-tooling of the Force ill also help to evolve new pathways to tackling crimes and other law enforcement challenges in the Country.