Acting inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed that police officers across the country will now work for eight hours as against the
Acting inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed that police officers across the country will now work for eight hours as against the initial 12 hours shift they worked.
Adamu, who announced the directive at a conference of heads of police medical facilities said this is to help curtail work-related stress. He added that it will in turn reduce the misuse of firearms and extra-judicial killings in the country.
“I have ordered that with immediate effect, the shift duty structure of the Nigeria police should be reverted to the traditional eight-hours, three-shift standard,” the police IG said at the conference holding in Abuja. For purpose of clarity, henceforth, police officers should not be made to perform any duty exceeding 8-hours within a space of 24 hours.”
He explained that the directive was to address an age-long occupational stress which long hours of duty engenders among personnel of the force. Adamu said the only time the duty structure should exceed eight hours is during emergency. According to him, policing is a highly demanding job physically, mentally and psychologically, required a good state of mind.
