The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has presented a cheque of over N13,000,000,000 (N13 billion) to about 7000 families of deceased officers as well as those who suffered various forms of life-threatening injuries while on active duty.
Presenting the cheques, ranging from N6million to N500,000, to the beneficiaries, at Force Headquarters ,Abuja, IGP Baba, said, the amount totaling N13.628 billion, was the backlog of payment for 6,184 personnel, who had previously fallen under the uninsured/uncovered periods of Group Life Assurance, and Group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme, between 2012 – 2020.
These backlog payments were made possible through the IGP’s passionate drive to ensure that Police Officers are adequately catered for in the event of injury or permanent disability due to the risks associated with policing and that families of deceased police officers are adequately catered for in the absence of their breadwinners.
The IGP while reiterating the value of human life and wholeness, emphasised that prompt payment of insurance and other benefits due to officers who have met with some misfortunes due to the risky nature of policing in our contemporary environment and unforeseen hazards of policing, would greatly boost their morale and ensure they put in their best in service to the nation.
The IGP further promised better welfare packages for members of the police family either serving, retired, or slain in the line of duty, so as to cement the already existing esprit de corps amongst the components of the police family.
