The Police Service Commission has received
705,352 applications from candidates
seeking employment into the Nigeria Police
Force.

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 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.

Source; punchnewspaper

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