The new Secretary of State for the Ministry of Police Affairs, Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, has stated that he was not sent to the Ministry to reinvent the wheel of progress, but to share in all the fantastic achievements of his predecessor.
He made the announcement during the handover ceremony between the new Secretary of State Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan and Mr. Temitope Fashedemi at the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to a statement by the ministry’s head of press and public relations, Bolaji O. Kazeem, made available to the National Association of Security News Publishers (NAOSNP), the newly hired secretary of state said he was willing to work with management Team in the policing ecosystems to address the challenges ahead and ensure effective and efficient service delivery to the system and citizens of the country at large.
In his words: “I know that the fantastic achievement did not come suddenly, but through a process that took time to manifest in relation to what we saw and heard.
They can achieve this and of course they do so in cooperation with Ministry staff and authorities.
We have to justify it and with your cooperation we can get the job done. I have no doubt that we will break all records and take them to a new level.”
He urged the management team and employees to continue to work together, be dedicated, diligent and work hard, provide positive expertise and achieve what is achievable.
“I am an apostle, believer, promoter, and advocate of an open door policy, and I will always be readily available for new ideas and will work as a team to collectively identify and address challenges to improve service delivery.
I urge you all not to rest on your oars and put in more work, and the reward for hard work is more work,” he added.
Earlier, former Secretary of State Mr. Temitope Fashedemi urged the management team, staff and authorities to work with and support the new Secretary of State with an open heart to ensure the ministry’s mandate is continuously fulfilled.
In his words, “We are able to mark milestones in ongoing police reforms that are ongoing with the support of Mr. President and stakeholders to transform police operations in the country through numerous actionable policies, equipment and improve and improve facilities and improved salaries for the police officers.”
