Governor Akinwumni Ambode has announced an increment to the death insurance benefits for police officers in Lagos State who die in active service. They will now be paid N10m.
The Governor made this known while he was speaking at the Lagos House in Ikeja after he was presented with two awards recently won in South Africa by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Police Command
He said his administration would stop at nothing to ensure the safety of all citizens in the State and added that security and safety of the people remains one of the focal objectives of his government.
The RRS, at the awards presented by Security Watch Africa (SWA), had emerged as the best anti-crime police squad in West Africa, while the RRS Commander, Olatunji Disu, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, won the award of most outstanding police operational officer in Africa.
“I have directed the State’s Pension Office and the Office of the Chief of Staff that we are going to increase the payment that we make to officers that die in active service and then we are increasing that irrespective of whether you are a junior or senior office, if you die in active service, the payment that will be made by the State Government is being increased to N10million from this moment onward,” he said.
As one of the ways of appreciating and motivating the Command, Governor Ambode also presented additional three patrol vehicles and 45 power bikes to the RRS.
Responding to the gesture, the RRS Commander, Mr. Olatunji Disu said the equipment given to them by the State Government would further spur them to give their best towards protecting the lives and property of residents.
