The former Inspector General of Police IGP, Sir Mike Okiro has expressed worried over what he described as unacceptable the systematic delayed on the payment of retirement benefits to officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, in order to disabuse the mindsets of serving officers who may have tendency of act capable of tarnishing the image of the force.

 

Okiro made the appealed while interacting with newsmen in Abuja,on Monday 13th July 2026.

 

The former Police boss emphasized that retired personnel should not be allowed to suffer untold hardship after contributing their quota to their father land.

 

Sir Mike had suggested that welfare of serving Police officers must be given adequate attention so as to cub unrolling act that may undermined the reputation of the force.

 

“Police retired personnel should be pay as at when due, because,if you don’t pay them,is a bad signal to those still in the service”.He emphasized.

 

He further explained that since he left office,the Police Force remained the same, adding that Nigerians are still tempting, because,the force has not evolve a new broader steps forward.

 

According to him,the concern of the Police has not been meat,by the time I left the office,the officers been recruited into the force been trained with the capacity to improve the future of the service,but, unfortunately,the concerned of the force has been going down drastically,we are where we are today because,the Police has been neglected for a long time”. He said.

 

On the reform of the Police Force,former IGP urged that all training of the personnel should be geared towards technology driving,he also advised that the reforms must be aim at changing the face of the policing in Nigeria.

 

In his words”.There should also be a reform that will make room for upliftment of officers, adding that a situation where an officer stayed for too long before promotion to the next rank is unacceptable, it’s make them feel redundant and feel debased,suggesting however that officers should be recommended for promotion to the next rank at least every three years”.

 

Okiro stressed that insecurity should not be tackle by regular policing alone,noting that it requires intelligence,special training and equipments that will give them steps ahead of the terrorist and confront the terrorist successful.