A Study of the Performance of Women Officers in the Nigeria Police Force in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Chapter One
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study are;
- To analyze the societal reaction to the performance of Nigeria female Police officers in federal capital territory, Abuja
- To identify the causal factors to the poor representation of the female in the Nigeria Police Force.
- To give attention to the issue of gender discrimination amongst the Nigeria Police Force.
- To verify the effectiveness and efficiency of female Nigeria Police officers at crime management in modern policing
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
The Section 194 (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria created the Nigeria Police Force as the National Police with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country. The section enabling her existence status thus: “There shall be a police force for Nigeria which shall be known as the Nigerian Police Force, and subject to the provision of this section, no other police force shall be established for the federation or any part thereof”. In addition, the Police Act and Regulation (Cap 359) of 1990 in part 1, Section 3, asserts the following, “There shall be established for Nigeria a force to be known as the Nigeria Police thereafter in this Act referred to as the Force”. Constitutional provision also exists for establishment of separate Nigeria Police Force branches forming part of the Armed forces of the federation for the protection of harbour, water ways, railways and airfield (Section 194, Section C of the 1999 Constitution). According to the Police Act and Regulation, these branches of the Nigeria Police are for the purpose of command and administration of the force. These include Force Headquarters, Command, Area Command, Districts, Division, Stations, police Post or Village Police Post and not the least, Zones. In fixing the tutorial boundaries as mentioned above, the Inspector General of police shall take into account the following: density of the population, crime statistics, traffic (density, routes and accidents), property (residential, business and industrial) and public centre of amusement (the Police Act, II, organization of the force 4, 5, 6 and 8). Generally, the police is a civil organization whose members are given special legal power by the government and whose task is to maintain public order, solve and prevent crimes. Police typically are responsible for maintaining public order and safety; enforcing the law, preventing, detecting and investigating criminal activities. These functions are known as policing. The police are often also entrusted with various licensing and regulatory activities. This was the same in ancient societies as in societies as in sophisticated urban environment
DUTIES OF WOMEN POLICE IN NIGERIA
Pursuant to Section 121 of the Nigeria Police Act and Regulation Cap 359 LFN 1990, it provides that, women police officers shall as a general rule be employed in the following duties, which are connected with women and children, and shall be particularly employed in the following duties:
- Investigation and record of sexual offences against women and children.
- Record of statement from female witnesses and female accused persons and from children.
- Attendance when women and children are being interviewed by male police officers.
- The searching, escort and guarding of women prisoners to and from police station.
- School crossing duties.
- Crowd control, where women and children are present in large number.
Section 122 of the Police Act and Regulation Cap 359 LFN 1990 also prescribes such additional duties that woman police officers must perform when relieving male police officers in any of these duties.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to A study of Women Officers’ Performance in the Nigeria Police Force in the federal capital Territory, Abuja
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information on A study of Women Officers’ Performance in the Nigeria Police Force in the federal capital Territory, Abuja. 200 staff of selected police station in Abuja was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain A study of Women Officers’ Performance in the Nigeria Police Force in the federal capital Territory, Abuja
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of Women Officers’ Performance in the Nigeria Police Force in the federal capital Territory, Abuja
Summary
This study was on a study of Women Officers’ Performance in the Nigeria Police Force in the federal capital Territory, Abuja. Four objectives were raised which included: To analyze the societal reaction to the performance of Nigeria female Police officers in federal capital territory, Abuja, to identify the causal factors to the poor representation of the female in the Nigeria Police Force, to give attention to the issue of gender discrimination amongst the Nigeria Police Force, to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of female Nigeria Police officers at crime management in modern policing. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected police stations in Abuja. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up DPOs, superintendents, senior officers and junior officers was used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
This study comes to the conclusion that police organizations do in fact need females interested in a police career, but should limit the proportions of policewomen recruitment according to actual needs. The most important thing is that the police authorities should follow the recommendations of Scandal (2011) and the advocacy of Aristotle-in other words, who gets best flute? Answer: the best flute player. Police organizations must give the most talented people the opportunity to best use their abilities and put the right person in the right position without considering the gender of the police officer. Weng (2007) also found in a survey that police works are almost all-inclusive, in which much of them are of a different nature that is better suitable for different persons to do. Thus, the suitability of talent and personality, not gender, should be considered when assigning police work. Police leaders should open their minds and give aspiring policewomen the opportunity to bring forth their specialties into full play during their police career
Recommendation
Based on the finding, the study recommended the following recommendations:
- The entire fabric of the Nigeria society particularly the police force needs quality and fundamental restructuring. Thus, it requires giving equality to all irrespective of tribe, religion and language.
- The police force should pay attention to participatory management style that will give rank and file of the force opportunity to make inputs. This will not only motivate the rank and file, but will also enhance performance (particularly the female police officers).
- Training of members of the Nigeria Police Force will provide them the needed facilities and knowledge. Modern weapons and taking due advantage of existing communication gargets to constantly checkmate criminals are needed.
- The female police officers’ motivation and welfare packages should be given high priority through regular and prompt payment of salary, appropriate promotion, and other operational incentives such as: loan, allowances and so on. This will not only make the female police officers to put in their best, but it will also discourage them from colluding with criminals to commit crime and boost their moral in service.
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