Nigerian female police can now wear headscarf, earings with uniform, says police leadership

The leadership of Nigeria Police Force has approved wearing of headscarf and earings under their berets or peak caps while in uniform as a new dress code for the female personnel of the Force.

Penpushing reports that, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba gave the approval as contained in a statement issued by the Acting Force Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi

The police spokesman,  disclosed that the dress code was unveiled by the police boss during his meeting with strategic police managers, explaining that the dress code is, however, optional, and that the police leadership has the female police officers to ensure compliance with the approved standard for women police officers who have opted to adopt it.

‘The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has approved a new and improved dress code for Women Officers which permits them to wear stud earrings, and headscarf under their berets or peak caps as the case may be while in uniform. The dress code was unveiled at the IGP’s meeting with Strategic Police Managers on March 3, 2022,” the statement said.

‘The IGP noted that the Nigeria Police workforce has officers from every local government in the country with a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds, and an increased inclusion of female folks’, Adejobi wrote.

‘This therefore brings the need to guarantee inclusion, gender mainstreaming, ethnic and religious diversity in the work place for optimum output and professionalism. This has informed the improvement for effective global workforce diversity management’, he said.

‘ Other countries that have adopted same dress code include Canada, the United States of America, Sweden, Turkey, Australia and the United Kingdom amongst others’, the statement emphasised.

‘The dress code is optional and Senior Women Police Officers have been tasked by the IGP to ensure compliance with the approved standard for women police officers who have opted to adopt the dress code’, Adejobi added.

‘The Inspector-General of Police noted that this development, which is in line with international best practices addresses the growing concern for gender mainstreaming and respect for culture and diversity’, the statement reads.

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