The Police Service Commission (PSC) has commenced the process of recruiting 10,000 Nigerians into the force as promised by President Muhammadu Buhari last year.
The process include opening of portal through which candidates would apply via online.
The chairman of the Commission, Mike Okiro, who formally unveiled the portal for the recruitment exercise in Abuja today warned that there would be no short-cut into the Force in the recruitment of the 10,000 Nigerians.
A statement by the Head of Press and Public Relations of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, quoted Okiro as saying that the portal would be opened to the public on April 1.
“The process leading to the recruitment of 10,000 Policemen as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari at the National Security Summit in Abuja last year has commenced.”
Okiro said that the unveiling of the portal is in actualisation of the presidential directive on the recruitment of the 10,000 Policemen.
According to him, the exercise would be another turning point for the police as there had not been recruitment into the Force for more than five years.
He explained that thousands of policemen who died in the course of service, dismissed or retired had not been replaced since the last five years.
Okiro said that the recruitment would strengthen and re-energise the force to tackle the security challenges facing the country.
He explained that the exercise could not begin last year because the funding was not captured in the 2015 budget even as he advised applicants to access the portal through the commission’s website: www.psc.gov.ng or that of the Nigeria Police Force: www.npf.gov.ng.
He made it clear that there is no fee charged for the processing of the forms, which would be filled online.
“We are not charging money. It is free, absolutely free,” he emphasised, adding that the the exercise would be in three entry points of Constable, Cadet Inspector and Cadet ASP, while there would also be recruitment into the Specialist cadre.
He said that applicants for Police Constables are expected to posses five credits, including Mathematics and English Language at Senior School Certificate Examination in not more than two sittings.
He added that for Cadet Inspectors, in addition to having the requirements of Police Constables, candidates would be expected to have an Ordinary National Diploma (OND), Advanced Level, National Certificate in Education or their equivalents.
Okiro said that candidates for Cadet ASP must possess a University degree or a Higher National Diploma.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2015, approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen at the National Security Summit in Abuja. [myad]
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