Ebola: IGP opens workshop on curtailing virus

As anxiety continues to mount over the spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, yesterday declared open a one-day training workshop on Ebola virus.
The workshop is organized by the Nigeria Police Medical Department in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Health, on Police response on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak. Abba said a lot has been done in the areas of sensitization and awareness campaigns in Police Divisions, Formations and Barracks nationwide. He noted however that the Force still needed to harmonize her operations with other Police key operational units, in line with the National Response Protocol.

The workshop which had resource persons from the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and World Health Organization (WHO) was said to have been well attended by Police Officers from across the nation.
Meanwhile, as part of efforts aimed at repositioning the Nigeria Police Force towards becoming a more professional and efficient Law enforcement organization, Abba, yesterday, at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, decorated two newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, 30 Commissioners of Police and seven Acting Commissioners of Police.
Among the decorated officers are; AIG Buhari Tanko, AIG Johnson Ogunsakin, CP Austin Iwar the Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the IGP and the Force PRO, Ag. CP Emmanuel Ojukwu.
While congratulating the newly decorated officers, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba charged them to internalize the vision and mission of the Force and renew their commitment to duty so as to bring about a safe and secure environment where individuals and groups can realize their full potentials.