The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission (PSC) has finally suspended their proposed indefinite strike action on Thursday which was following the appointment of the Acting Chairperson of the Police Service Commission, retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi.
In a statement on Thursday which had been made by Adoyi Adoyi who is the chairman of Joint Union Congress, PSC chapter, he had noted that the union wants to allow the new management to look into its demands.
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The Police Commission chairman, Musiliu Smith, had controversially tendered in his resignation amid recruitment crisis
According to him, immediately after the exit of the former chairman, the union leaders resolved to call congress to chart a way forward, adding that the union can only hope that things will change for the better with the new development.
He said they have resolved at their congress that the strike be suspended.
In another report, the Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, Retired Inspector General of Police, Musiliu Smith has finally tendered in his resignation as regards his appointment.
The retired IGP who had also been at loggerhead with the Police Hierarchy over the organisation which has been constitutionally responsible for the recruitment of Constables into the Nigerian Police Force, was said to have tendred in his resignation on the grounds of ill health.
In the interim, the second most senior Commissioner in the PSC, Retired Supreme Court Justice, Clara Ogunbiyi, who is representling the Judiciary has assumed duty as Chairman.
Recall that there has been disagreement beteeen the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, and Police Service Commission over the 2022 Police recruitment exercise for 10,000 Constables.
It had been reported that the Police Service Commission had in the month of August, opened its portal for the recruitment of police constable for the year 2022 and had also placed an advert on the recruitment in a national daily. However, in response to the development, the Nigeria Police Force in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi had asked Nigerians to disregard the advertisement and call for applications.