Due to a violation of an agreement, the Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has sent the commission's management a notice of an upcoming indefinite strike.

The strike, according to the union, will start on Monday, August 29, 2022.

In a chat with our correspondent on Thursday, Mr. Adoyi Adoyi, the chairman of the Joint Service Union, PSC branch, revealed this.

The warning is being issued amid a dispute about who should be in charge of hiring, promoting, and appointing police officers and constables between commission employees, the commission's chairman, Mr. Musiliu Smith, and the inspector general of police, Usman Baba.

He stated that the PSC's constitutional role had been overridden by the IGP and other police chiefs acting in collusion with the PSC chairman.

Adoyi continued by alleging that the IGP has taken it upon himself to carry out PSC duties in flagrant violation of the Nigerian constitution, an Appeal Court ruling, and the PSC's authorities.

Adoyi declared, "We're starting an indefinite strike on Monday, August 29, to express our displeasure with the way the PSC is being handled by the commission's chairman and the IGO Usman Baba's flagrant disdain for the law, the constitution, and the PSC.

“The duties of the PSC are spelt out in the constitution, but the IGP has disregarded all of that, and has taken over the duties of the commission. He appoints and promotes at will as opposed to what is stated in the constitution.

“According to the constitution, the appointment, promotion, and recruitment of police officers and constables are the prerogative of the PSC, not the IGP.”