Nigerian Police Salary

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I just learned that sometime around April 2019, another review was made of the salaries for the Nigerian Police (formally the Nigerian Police Force).

Let’s just get into it. Following are the estimated yearly salaries for the Nigerian police, organized by rank. The list ranges from non-sworn employees known as police recruits all through the Inspector General of Police.

CONPOSS: This stands for Consolidated Police Salary Structure. It’s the equivalent of the Nigerian Civil Service Grade Level. So, a police recruit is in Conposs 1, which is similar to Grade 1.

STEPS is the number of years you’ve been at a particular rank. A corporal in step 3 is the same as a 3rd-year corporal. The 3rd-year corporal earns a little more than the 1st-year corporal.

Steps in the police force stop at 10, which is supposed to be the 10th year. You’d likely be promoted to a new rank by your fifth year or earlier.

I’d like to keep this page simple. So I’ll just be dropping the step 1 salaries for the rank. Just know that this is the bare minimum one would get for a particular rank.

Table of Nigerian Police Force Monthly Salary

 

RankMonthly Salary
Inspector General of Police₦1,234,450
Deputy Inspector General of Police₦846,572
Assistant Inspector General of Police₦699,751
Commissioner of Police₦502,970
Deputy Commissioner of Police₦378,852
Assistant Commissioner of Police₦212,938
Chief Superintendent of Police₦199,723
Superintendent of Police₦172,089
Deputy Superintendent of Police₦170,399
Assistant Superintendent of Police₦156,318
Inspector of Police₦87,135
Sergeant Major₦62,204
Sergeant₦55,973
Corporal₦53,113
Constable₦48,113

 

Allowances

In addition to their salary, Nigerian police officers receive various allowances to support their welfare. Those who carry out their duties diligently are entitled to allowances for transport, rent, uniforms, and risk.. The officers receive around ₦ 4,000 to ₦ 30,000 yearly for their uniforms.

They also benefit from a rent allowance that falls between ₦30,000 and ₦50,000. Only officers who live in private accommodation receive this allowance. Also, risk allowance is set aside for those assigned to unsafe areas.

Therefore, allowances differ based on an officer’s rank and assigned responsibilities. Lower-level officers might receive smaller allowances, yet they stabilise into fixed monthly payments eventually.

 

Arms of the Nigerian Police

The arms of the Nigerian police force are like the sections. You know how organisations are divided into various units for the effective running of the force. There are 14 arms at the moment.

  1. Administrative division
  2. Anti-Fraud Section
  3. The Central Criminal Registry
  4. Special Anti-Robbery Squad
  5. X-Squad, General Investigation
  6. Special Fraud Unit
  7. Legal Section
  8. Forensic Science Laboratory
  9. Interpol Liaison
  10. Homicide
  11. Police Mobile Force
  12. Anti-Human Trafficking Unit
  13. Force Intelligence Bureau
  14. DCI Kaduna Annex and Counter-Terrorism Unit

Ranks in the Nigeria Police 

  1. Inspector General
  2. Deputy Inspector-General of Police
  3. Assistant Inspector-General of Police
  4. Commissioner of Police
  5. Deputy Commissioner of Police
  6. Assistant Commissioner of Police
  7. Chief Superintendent of Police
  8. Superintendent of Police
  9. Deputy Superintendent of Police
  10. Assistant Superintendent of Police
  11. Inspector of Police
  12. Sergeant Major
  13. Sergeant
  14. Corporal
  15. Constable

Nigerian Police Supervision

When it comes to the supervision and control of the Nigerian police, there are three agencies responsible for that:

  1. The Police Service Commission (PSC)
  2. Nigerian Police Council
  3. Ministry of Interior

Organisational Structure of the Nigerian Police Force

The corporate structure of the Nigeria Police Force is in line with the geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The structure aid the Nigerian police function effectively within the internal territory of the country.

  1. Force Headquarters
  2. Zonal Headquarters
  3. State Commands Headquarters
  4. Divisional Police Headquarters
  5. Police Station
  6. Police Post
  7. Village Police Post

Challenges of the Nigerian Police Force

Institutional Challenges

The Police Service Commission (PSC), the nonmilitary regulatory and supervisory organisation of the police, has no separate power to monitor or perform oversight of the police force. Complaints filed with the PSC about Nigerian police officers are reviewed by the police, who then write them up with the PSC.

It is disappointing that there is no independent complaint channel. It’s one of the reasons why internal discipline is lacking and the force lacks a workplace culture of excellent service. As a result, there is no structure for grading or assessing the performance of police commands.

Structural Challenges

The way the police are structured is the reason community policing is unsuccessful. State Commissioners of Police follow directions from the Inspector General of Police (IGP), who continues to receive orders from the president instead of from state governors.

The police’s over-centralized structure makes it difficult for them to engage with communities as effectively as they should. Before 1999, military regimes established the present police command structure, which has remained unchanged despite the passage of 20 years of democratically elected governments.

Operational Challenges

The police have significant challenges due to a lack of proper equipment and weapons. Close to 40 % of personnel are on private guard roles to secure so-called very important persons (VIPs) who are government and non – governmental personalities. Regardless of the country’s lack of police officers, anyone who can manage to pay for their services receives one.

This causes operational problems for basic crime control activities due to the limited number of available officers.

Financial Challenges

In Nigeria, I believe that not enough money is spent on police. Nigerian police often receive assistance from charitable contributions and business goodwill. In many police stations, basic equipment and technology are lacking.

Documents are stored in antique filing cabinets. There is no computerised fingerprint data warehouse in Lagos. The majority of officers purchase their own clothes, and gratuities are paid late or not at all.

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