Police ASPs in Anambra threaten strike over unpaid allowances

Police officers in Anambra State threatened to go on strike over the failure of authorities to pay allowances due to them.

The aggrieved officers, who are of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, said their 2017 promotion allowances have not been paid till date.

The officers also called on the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to intervene in their matter.

The spokesperson for the officers, who preferred anonymity for fear of victimisation, stated this while speaking with journalists in Awka on Sunday.

According to him, the officers involved were promoted in May 2017 from the rank of Inspector to ASP without the attendant allowances, adding that each officer was entitled to N400, 000 of accumulated allowances.

He further disclosed that some of them retired before December last year while police authorities continued to withhold their allowances without giving any reason.

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He said: “Those serving were only paid as ASPs from January 2018 till date but the allowances from May 2017 to December 2017 have never been paid and no explanations were offered as to why we will not be paid the allowances.

“Those in charge of the recently introduced Integrated Payroll Personnel Information Scheme in the office of the Accountant-General have not been able to explain why these allowances cannot be paid to us.”

The officers appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, whose office, he said might not be aware of the plight of the officers to investigate their claims and cause the allowances to be paid.

He further alleged that all those promoted before the 2017 batch had all been paid, wondering why theirs would be an exception.

The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, when contacted, however said the story is false and unfounded, asking that it be ignored.

 

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