The Nigeria Police Service Commission has
received astonished 705,352 applications from candidates seeking employment. A breakdown of the applications showed
that 202, 427 applicants have successfully applied for the position of
Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, 169,446, for the position of
Cadet Inspector and 333,479 for the position of Constables.
A statement by the Head, Press and
Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, on Tuesday in Abuja, explained
that the commission planned to recruit just 500 Cadet ASPs, 500 Cadet
Inspectors, 1,500 Specialist Officers and 7, 500 Constables to meet
President Muhammadu Buhari’s approved 10,000 new entrants into the
Force.
It said that the PSC Chairman, Dr. Mike
Okiro, confirmed that the application process has been smooth and
transparent, adding that the commission was committed to making the
recruitment exercise a huge success.
The statement read,
“The Police Service
Commission has at 7.30am on Tuesday, April 19th, received 705,352
applications from applicants who are seeking employment into the
recently advertised 10,000 vacancies into the Nigeria Police Force.
“President Muhammadu Buhari at last
year’s National Security Summit had approved the recruitment of 10,000
police men into the nation’s Police Force to reinforce the Nigeria
Police for better service.”
Okiro, according to the statement, said
the PSC would continue to make the process of the recruitment
transparent and assured the applicants of fairness and equal opportunity
“since the commission is only interested in recruiting for the
police the best brains in the society.”
It further stated that Okiro was excited by the huge interest shown by Nigerians in joining the police force.
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