The Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, HIM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday advised the federal government to increase the minimum wage of the Nigerian Police Force to N100,000 before blaming them for corruption.
The monarch said the police job is a noble job in many advanced countries, urging the federal government to encourage Nigerian youths to join police force by ensuring proper funding.
Oluwo who made the call at a one day town hall meeting organized by the Police Service Commission, held in Ibadan, the Oyo State said the take home salary of police officers was discouraging.
He called for a review of their salary structure.
The Osun state foremost traditional ruler pointed out that many of the police officers have to endure such delicate and poorly remunerated job.
He said; “In some advanced countries, police is an envy of many. It is well funded. The Nigerian government are enjoined to promote the Nigerian Police Force through adequate funding and recruitment of more personnel. Nigeria should be a police state to effectively combat crimes.
“The poor remuneration couples with indiscriminate attacks on police officers is discouraging many. Nigerians should stop blaming corrupt police officers if the government refused to increase their salary.
“The minimum wage for the least police officer should be N100,000. It is only when these are done we can courageously challenge police officers taking bribes. If not, we should blame them less.” Oluwo
