IGP seeks improved capacity for Police PROs

The Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, is deepening his reform to restore effective service delivery in the Nigeria Police to information managers in the Force. This culminated into four days conference in Abuja.

Accordingly, in the IG’s commitment to reinventing the image of the Force and repositioning the Police Spokespersons for optimal performance  as critical stakeholders, particularly, in the implementation of the National Community Policing Model, the Nigeria Police is organizing a four-day Strategic Training Workshop for Police Public Relations Officers across the country, tagged “Police PROs and Effective Communication in Contemporary Times” from October 8 to 11, 2019, at the Banquet Hall of the Golden Tulip Hotel, Agulu Lake, in Agulu, near Awka, Anambra State.

The Force Public Relations Officer Force Headquarters, Abuja, DCP Frank Mba, in a statement, explained that the Training Workshop, which will be coordinated by the Office of the Force Public Relations Officer, will bring together all Police Public Relations Officers from the 12 Police Zonal Commands, the 36 States Commands, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and Staff Officers of the Force Public Relations Department. The training module of the workshop will be delivered by seasoned communication experts from the prestigious School of Media and Communication of the Pan-Atlantic University, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, and other top journalists and PR professionals across the country, the statement added.

Mba added that the Workshop is being hosted and sponsored by the Anambra State Government with support from other critical stakeholders and will be declared open by Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State.