Mr. Parry Osayande, a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), on Monday, November 6, 2023,visited the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters building, in Jabi, Abuja.
A statement signed by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, disclosed that Osayande was received by current Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police.
Osayande was the initiator of the PSC corporate headquarters but Arase eventually succeeded in moving the Commission there a few weeks after he assumed office.
The former chairman was pleasantly surprised at the naming of the 500-seater auditorium of the Commission after him declared, declaring: “You have arrived, you have won and you will keep winning”.
He advised that the Commission should keep up the fight, adding: “You are obviously doing well”
Osayande said the Commission and its staff should look up to the future with promise, which portends good tidings.
While addressing the Staff at the auditorium named after him, he noted that the PSC is the oldest Commission in the Country and was a product of the 1957 Constitutional Conference/Willinck Minorities Commission Report.
He explained that this stemmed from the fears of the minority tribes in Nigeria, who feared domination with respect to the maintenance of public order.
He noted that the Commission came into existence to ensure tribal balance and which later became the precursor for the coming of the Federal Character Commission.
The former police chief revealed that at its inception the Commission was neglected and relegated to the background but expressed happiness that the Commission is back on its feet and doing well.
Dr. Arase expressed happiness for the rare honour accorded the Commission by the visit of Osayande, adding that he left valuable imprints in the growth of the Commission, especially with the commencement of the building of its Corporate Headquarters.
He promised to sustain the spirit and grow the Commission to one of the best oversight bodies on Police in the world.
The chairman said the Commission would not at any time forget Osayande for planting the seed that has since germinated in the form of an intimidating edifice standing as its corporate headquarters.
