IG gets "Man of the year for 2015” award for giving officers houses, more

Earlier this year, The Inspector General of the Nigerian Police Force, Mr. Solomon Arase, revealed his plan to provide a scheme for every officer to own a two-bedroom house on retirement.

According to him, the force was working out a plan with mortgage banks that would ensure that retiring police officers owned houses in places they want to spend their retirement.

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Nigeriarealestatehub reports that Mr Arase is being recognised for this by the publishers of the Lifestyle Magazine, Genesis International.

According to Dr. Yomi Agababiaka, the publisher, Mr Arase is its “Man of the year for 2015” due to his efforts towards the rebranding of the force.

“ has in such a short period of time in office transformed the lot of the average Nigerian Policeman/woman through various welfare packages that includes housing for the rank and file, gradual retraining of the men of the police force, securing funds for the construction of over 6000 housing units for the officers of the Nigeria Police, a very disciplined and unbiased monitoring of the 2015 elections where the police refused to interfere in the conduct of the elections but provided security for lives and property without bias, and several other steps. When we have a police force that you cannot bribe, we would have a new and improved society. And that can only happen if the welfare of the police is improved. Arase has reinstated in the force and its members a sense of worth and sense of mission."

Does the IG deserve this award?