Policemen in Delta State have been paid N200 (two hundred naira) as COVID-19 allowance, with many of them describing it as not only embarrassing, but a mockery of the force, reports Vanguard.
Making the disclosure Monday, some police operatives, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the amount was paid to all police personnel in the state who embarked on various policing services during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Speaking on behalf of the aggrieved policemen, an officer disclosed that they had been asked to submit details of their salary accounts for the payments to be made directly to their accounts.
However, they were later called by Divisional Administrative Officers and were paid N200 cash as COVID-19 allowance.
Investigations revealed that the amount was paid across board irrespective of ranks, with Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, also receiving the paltry sum.
Efforts to speak with the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, and the Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onowakpoyeya, were not successful, but a senior police officer from the state police command confirmed the payment.