Section 25 Nigeria Police Act

Section 25 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020 is about Provisions supplementary to sections 21 to 23. It is under Part V (General Administration) of the Act. It provides as follows:

(1) Every supernumerary police officer is, on appointment, enlisted to serve in the Police Force from month to month, and a supernumerary police officer may, at any time, resign his appointment by giving one month’s notice in that behalf to his employer and senior police officer in charge of the police area in respect of which he is appointed, and his appointment may be determined by the appropriate authority on-
(a) one month’s notice in that behalf; or
(b) on payment of one month’s pay instead of such notice.

(2) The ranks to which supernumerary police officers may be appointed shall be prescribed by the Inspector-General of Police with the consent of the Police Service Commission, but shall not exceed the rank of Commissioner of
Police throughout his life time.

(3) There shall only be one Supernumerary Commissioner of Police at a time in the Federation.

(4) The badges of ranks of the supernumerary police shall be the same as that worn by general duty or regular police.

(5) A supernumerary police officer has no claim on the Police Reward Fund, and, without prejudice to any liability under the Employee’s Compensation Act, to be paid compensation to or in respect of any person by virtue of his employment as a supernumerary police officer, a person’s service as such shall not render him or any other person eligible for any pension, gratuity or annual allowance under this Act or the Pensions Reform Act.