PSC organises workshop for board members to enhance effective oversight

A two-day workshop on ‘Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Effective Police Oversight for Board Members, Directors and Heads of Departments and Units of the Police Service Commission’ has ended in Abuja.

The workshop was a product of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as part of its supporting Police Accountability and Transformation Project (SPAAT).

It was also organised with further support from the German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) in recognition of the commission as a critical institution for ensuring a rights-based, transparent, and accountable policing system.

The workshop with the title, “Strengthening Institutional capacity for effective Police Oversight’ served as a strategic entry point, aligning directly with broader democratic governance and security reforms in Nigeria. The two day workshop focused on internal governance and Public accountability.

The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (retd), at the closing ceremony, said the new governing board has brought positive innovations in the management of the commission.

Argungu said the board was committed to making genuine sacrifices to make  the commission work; not only for the nation, but also for the Staff component.

He said the PSC belonged to all, (management and staff) stressing that if the staff do not individually care for the progress of the organisation, “then  the PSC is in trouble”.

He said the governing board will do its best to put the commission in the right global best practices and noted that members would remain open to entertain constructive criticism.

Argungu said there was need for the Management and staff to continue to share ideas since, according to him, the commission, is “bigger than any of us”

Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, retired Justice of the Supreme Court and commissioner representing the judiciary in the commission, said the participants would return to work galvanised to make a difference and help the commission meet the expectations of Nigerians.

“We are here for two days, and we are now fully prepared to do our work,” he said, thanking the President for appointing them to serve the nation. He paid glowing tributes to the Chairmen of both the Senate Committee on Police Affairs and House of Representatives Committee on Police Institutions.

Napoleon Enayaba, Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, pledged the continued partnership of UNDP and the Commission.