Police Reform: IGP Meets Police Public Relations Officers

IGP has meet with all the PPROs across the country.

News Rain Nigeria reports that the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Muhammed Adamu, has on Tuesday 15th December, 2020 met with all Police Public Relations Officers across the Country.

Adamu met with the Police spokespersons in Enugu at the commencement of a 4-day Intensive Capacity Building Workshop for Police Spokespersons.

IGP Meets Police Public Relations Officers

The 4 day workshop currently holding in Enugu, organized by the State Governor Ifeanyi Uguanyi, was scheduled to hold by 15th & 18th, December, 2020.

IGP. Adamu speaking on the theme of the workshop titled “Crisis Management and Law Enforcement;” stressed that the workshop will offer Police PR Managers the opportunity to review the two major unfortunate events in the year, 2020; the outbreak of the COVID-19 National Health Emergency, the ENDSARS protests and the violence that ensued therefrom in some parts of the Country, and come up with best practices and improved strategic communication tools to manage similar crises in future.

Adamu While commending the Enugu State Governor for organizing such workshop maintained that the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and other carefully selected Public Relations/Communications Experts will function as the Faculty Directors for the Workshop.

He stressed that the NIPR will also organize an accelerated Master Class/Induction Course for the PPROs who are not yet registered members of the Institute, to ensure full compliance with the NIPR Act, CAP N114, LFN 2004 which criminalises engaging in Public Relations activities without licensing by the NIPR.

Declaring open the workshop, Governor Ifeanyi Uguanyi said the workshop is a part of the ongoing reforms of the Force to evolve a more people-friendly, professional and human rights compliant Police Force.

The development according to a copy of press statement that was issued and signed by the Public Relation Officer of Force Headquarters, Abuja DCP. Frank Mba, stated that Governor Uguanyi, commended the IGP for his initiative on the Workshop and the ongoing reforms directed at addressing the agitations of the Nigerian people for a Police Force that is responsive and respects the rights of the citizenry.

Uguanyi according to the statement enjoined the course participants to maximize the opportunity the Workshop provides to network, peer review and cross fertilize ideas with the experts so as to sharpen and broaden their PR skills and knowledge for better service delivery to the Police Force and the nation at large.

The opening ceremony of the workshop had in attendance the DIG Celestine Okoye, coordinating Deputy Inspector General of Police, South-East, AIG Dan-Mallam Mohammed, AIG Zone-13 Headquarters, AIG FCID Annex Enugu, Fimihan Adeoye, Commissioners of Police in-charge of Anambra State, CP John Abang and Enugu State, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, President and Chairman of Council, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Mukhtar Sirajo, fnipr and his team, Dr. Ngozi Ulogu, of the Department of Mass Communication, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and Mike Dada, Lead Strategist/CEO PRM Africa among others.