- Following the opening of recruitment portal for the recruitment of 10,000 constable into the Nigeria Police Force, Police Service Commission has received 104,289 applications
- President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved the recruitment to beef-up the strength of the Force
- According to the commission's head of press and public relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the portal is expected to close on January 11, 2019
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said it received 104,289 applications towards the recruitment of 10,000 constables into the Nigeria Police Force.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the commission had received 21,878 applications on December 4, five days after the recruitment portal was opened.
Legit.ng gathers that President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved the recruitment of 10,000 police constables to beef-up the strength of the Force.
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A statement in Abuja by the commission’s head, press and public relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Tuesday, December 11, said the applications came 12 days after the recruitment portal was opened on November 30.
Ani said the applications hit the 104, 289 mark at 1.30 a.m on Tuesday, December 11
He said: “The portal is expected to close on Jan. 11, 2019 in line with the Federal Character requirement of six weeks."
Ani said Niger had the highest number of applications of 7,985, followed by Kano with 7,513, Katsina, 6,820, Bauchi, 6,204 and Kaduna, 5,729 applicants.
The spokesman said Bayelsa had the lowest applications of 347, Lagos state, 516, Ebonyi, 600, Anambra, 605, Abia, 733 and Imo, 870.
Ani said out of the 104,289 applications received so far, 93,871 were males while 10,418 were females.
He said the commission was committed to a transparent exercise that would abide by the rules and regulations of the Public Service.
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Legit.ng previously reported that the federal government announced that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Thursday, November 29, commenced its recruitment registration exercise for constables.
This came just days after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the Enhanced Salary Structure for the NPF.
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