You are apt on that observation, Toyin. In the early 1970s, the police barrack in Osogbo was a beauty to behold. It was a stand-alone, elite masterpiece. The one in Sango, Ibadan was astonishingly beautiful. I used to go there to watch the Canine Unit train their dogs. It was a class act. Today, I would not even pause to wash my hands near those two places. They are completely run down and dilapidated. The odor coming from those places are only reminiscent of the trench of an open sewage. Yet, folks still live there with their families. They are poorly paid and shabbily treated. How could they ever be expected to perform their duties well! I hope (and pray) for a lasting solution to their apparent predicaments. I would have admired a public figure donating one billion Naira to start addressing their sad condition than donating to improve a campus landscape!
MOA
On Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 11:13:46 PM GMT+1, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:
You need to see police barracks. The ones i know are not fit for human habitation
On Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 9:29 PM 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
--I am 100% in alignment with the thinking of the refined thinking and polished writing of Mr. Komolafe here. Honestly, there is the urgent need for police pension reform in our country. We are always quick to damn them as corrupt, full of itchy palms. But how could they not, if after putting much of their lives in the line for decades of their lives they are going to end up being paid chicken change at retirement? If we are serious about our safety, we should care about making the police comfortable - at least, a bit comfortable so a police officer could earn a living wage when it's time for him or her to hang up their professional gloves. Just my own thinking!MOAOn Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 02:45:23 PM GMT+1, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
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