President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reminded the newly commissioned Assistant Superintendent of Police of the repercussions entangling with corrupt practices and abuse of power while serving the mother land.
President Tinubu gave the stern caution on Saturday while presiding over the Passing Out Pade (POP) of 6th Regular Course Cadet of the Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano.
The President who was represented by Senator Kashim Shetima, the Vice president told the 478 new police graduates about their core mandate to serve Nigeria with honour, courage, and compassion.
Besides, the President tasked the young police officers to respect the fundamental human rights of the civilian population who they are trained to protect and serve.
According to the President, ” As you graduate, you should remember that you are ambassadors of the Nigerian Police Force serving with passion and respect to fundamental human rights.
“I urge you to shun any act of corrupt tendencies, serve with honour, courage and compassion. You are advise to shun excessive abuse of power in your duty post while bear in mind that you are serving our nation”. He cautioned.
The Vice President explained that the APC administration remains steadfast to ensure that Police Force continued to be equipped to improve its services in the area of combatting crime and prevention.
“Our administration remains steadfast to ensure that our police force is equipped to ensure crime prevention and fights in order to safeguard our country. We are working to provide vehicles, gadgets and other logistics to the Force to combat crime,” he assured.
Tinubu also stated that his administration is working assiduously toward improvement of the welfare of Police personnel, noting that it will ginger them in their duty of protecting the lives and properties of citizens.
The Commandant of the academy, AIG Sadiq Abubakar hinted seven graduating Cadets pass out with first-class honours and 128 with upper second-class honor.
The Commandant disclosed that the academy is set to commence degree programmes in criminology, security and education, adding that it is working towards establishment of faculty of engineering.
Present at the colorful POP ceremony include the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, retired DIG’s, AIG’s, and other prominent personalities.