President Muhammadu Buhari has
approved the recruitment of 10, 000 policemen.
In a statement signed by the Head,
Press and Public Relations of the Police Service Commission ,Mr Ikechukwu Ani
in Abuja, said the commission would be recruiting into the three entry points
of constable, as well as both Cadet Inspector and ASP.
The portal, according to the
release, would be opened to public on April 1, 2016, saying the commission
considered the exercise remarkable since there has not been recruitment into
the Nigeria Police Force for more than five years now due to financial
constraints.
It further stated that thousands of
policemen who died in the course of service, dismissed or retired had not been
replaced since the last five years, leaving the Force under manned and
overstretched.
The statement further said that the
recruitment would strengthen and reenergise the Force to face more squarely,
the myriad of security challenges posed by insurgency, kidnapping, cattle
rustling and other criminalities that impeded the socio-economic and political
development of the country.
According to the statement,
"the commission could not commence the exercise last year because the
funding was not captured in the 2015 budget, and with the commencement of the
process on April 1, interested Nigerians should access the portal through the
commission’s website www.psc.gov.ng or that of the Nigeria Police Force
www.npf.gov.ng.
"There will be no charges for
the processing of the forms, which will be done online. We are not
charging money. It is free, absolutely free. The portal has been structured in
a way that there will be no short cut. Everybody must go through due process.
There will also be recruitment into
the specialist cadre.
"For police constables,
applicants are expected to posses five credit level passes including
Mathematics and English Language at Senior School Certificate Examination
(SSCE) in not more than two sittings and for cadet inspectors, in addition to
having the requirements of police constables, candidates would be expected to
have either an Ordinary National Diploma (OND), Advanced Level (A level), as
well as National Certificate of Education (NCE) or their equivalents.
"Candidates for Cadet ASPs must
possess a University degree or a Higher National Diploma (HND)", it added.
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