Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde will host a retreat on August 21, organized by the Retired Police Inspectors General (IGP) Committee in Ibadan.
The Head of Press and Public Relations of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ikechukwu Ani, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Mr. Ani said the retreat would take place from 21-23 August at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan.
He said that the retreat, with the theme: “Exvolvement of former Inspector Generals of Police for a strategic contribution to effective policing in Nigeria”, would generate a brainstorming on effective policing in Nigeria.
The PSC spokesman said that the dignitaries expected at the retreat are all retired IGPs, National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, PSC Chairman Solomon Arase and acting IGP Olukayode Egbetokun.
According to him, Makinde will be the main host of the event.
Mr. Ani said that the documents to be presented at the retreat are Current State of Police Preparedness; Issues, challenges and prospects, as well as actions and strategic steps to restore the primacy of NPF in Nigeria’s internal security architecture.
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He said that the discussion and sharing session on the need to use the experiential knowledge of retired IGPs in the effective management of internal security in Nigeria would be part of the retreat.
The PSC spokesman said that Aliyu Attah, a retired IGP, and the chairman of the committee is the convener of the retreat.
(YAYA)
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