Police officers’ ‘slashed salaries’: What’s happening?

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Several junior police officers have come out to accuse the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) of slashing their salaries without proper justification. Most of those affected are constables, who recently earned promotion to the position of inspector of police after g...
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