The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has cleared the airs on the statutory Duty Tour Allowance, DTA, paid to police personnel deployed on election duty to Osun State.
They are on ground to ensure peace and order before, during and after the governorship election holding in the state on Saturday, September 22.
It made the clarification in a statement by the force spokesman, Mr Jimoh Moshood, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, on Wednesday in Abuja, explaining that the amount paid to police personnel on election duty in Osun was Duty Tour Allowance (DTA) for 10 days.
The force denied that the Federal Government paid N50,000 to police constables on election duty.
A report had alleged that the Federal Government was paying N50,000 to constables on election duty in Osun.
According to the statement: “The force wishes to categorically state that the story is absolutely misleading and an outright misinformation which is figment of imagination of the writers.
“The Federal Government did not pay constables N50,000 each for election duty, others more as claimed in the report.”
It said the payment of allowance or DTA, to officers and men of the force and other Security and Safety Agencies in election security is statutory.
According to the statement, DTA for constables to sergeant was N5,000 per day for 10 days which amounts to N50,000.
It gave the statutory DTA for others as: Inspector to Chief Superintendent of Police – N12,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N120,000; Assistant Commissioner of Police to Assistant Inspector General of Police – N16,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N160,000; while Deputy Inspector-General of Police is N20,000 DTA per Day X 10 Days = N200,000.
The statement said that the force would continue to hold the media in a very high regard and as veritable partners in ensuring the protection of lives and property of all Nigerians.
It implored the media not to be used to publish unverified, misleading, mischievous and beer parlour gossip.
Also, it enjoined members of the public to disregard and discountenance the story as untrue, misleading and misinformation.
NAN
