By Hassan Zaggi
The former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr. Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi has blamed poor budgetary allocation to the inability of his ministry to achieve its mandate 100 per cent.
He, however, said that the Police Affairs Ministry was, despite all odds, able to achieve 95 per cent of its mandate.
Speaking while handing over to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, recently, the former Minister noted that all that ministry achieved was due to the support and cooperation of the staff.
According to him: “We would have not achieved what we have done so far in the Ministry without your support.
“What I have been able to do in this Ministry was made possible because of your hard work, commitment, and dedication to duty to actualize the Ministerial mandate given to us by Mr. President. You are all aware that we have made about 95% of our Ministry mandate”.
Dr. Dingyadi applauded the management of the Ministry for what he described as their cooperation and support that enabled the Ministry to meet the Key Performance Index (KPI) assigned to the Ministry by President Muhammad Buhari.
He commended the management and staff of the ministry for their professionalism and know-how in carrying out their assignment which made it possible for the ministry to provide efficient service delivery to the police ecosystem.
He noted that memos the Permanent Secretary sent to his office “were clean, clear, and perfect based on his adherence to rules and regulations.”
While lamenting about poor budgetary provision to the ministry, the former Minister said: “I think we would have done very well as the police needed our attention but due to poor budgetary allocation, we could not address some issues”.
Dingyadi commended President Muhammad Buhari for the special intervention that enable the Ministry to provide guidance and environment for the ongoing reforms of the police in the areas of providing equipment, rehabilitation of barracks and stations; improving the welfare Police Trust Fund and facilitation of executive bill on the legal framework for the police training institutions in the country.
Meanwhile, the Minister also presented 18-seater Toyota bus to the staff of the ministry.
Speaking on behalf of the staff of the Ministry, the Joint Chairman of the unions, Comrade Archibong Okon applauded the Minister for the parting gesture of staff bus to increase the number of buses to three in the pool of the Ministry since his assumption of duty in the Ministry.
