A long-awaited succour came to the officers and men of the Nigerian Police as the Federal Executive Council led by President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved a salary upgrade to motivate them for improved service delivery. Without a doubt, the new package will comfort the officers and make the job attractive to young job-seeking graduates. Sensibly, police remunerations ought to be attractive and inspiring on account of countless hazards related to the job. The workforce would, no doubt, give a thumbs-up to the federal government on the upgrade irrespective of scope.
If the government would from time to time repeats such actions, the bribery and corruption that thrive in the agency for many decades, which makes it notorious and unappealing to young graduates, will drastically diminish. Thus, the federal government deserves commendation for its sensitivity and understanding; it is not enough to noisily charge the police to shun corruption without, first and…
