APPLICATIONS FOR 416,270 POLICE CONSTABLES WILL BE SCREENED ON JANUARY 8

Babatunji Wusu –

The date of the start of the selection process for candidates who will be hired into the Nigeria Police Force’s constable cadre is January 8, as decided by the Police Recruitment Board.

The Board convened on Thursday, December 21st at the Police Service Commission offices in Jabi, Abuja, and made a number of decisions regarding the following steps of the recruiting process, according to a statement released by the commission’s spokeswoman, Ikechukwu Ani.

According to him, 416,270 Nigerian youngsters met the prerequisites for the next round of the recruitment process at the end of the portal earlier this month.

“These successful applicants are made up of 315,065 for General Duty and 101,205 for specialist cadre.

The successful candidates are expected to receive their letters of invitation on or before the 23rd of December 2023.

“This next stage of the exercise will include both physical and credentials screening to be conducted in the applicants state of origin. The Board has further directed that candidates invited for the screening exercise are expected to come with original copies of their certificates and other credentials including letters of attestation from their Local Government Chairmen and/or their traditional rulers.

“Other stages of the recruitment process include computer based test (CBT)which will hold after the screening exercise and Medical examination. Dates for these stages of the exercise would be announced in due course,” Ani stated.

Following the recruiting portal’s closure, Kaduna State topped the list with 31,117 successful candidates, followed by Adamawa with 29,848; Benue with 25,346; Borno with 24,854; Katsina with 24,239; and Bauchi with 22,958. Kano, 21,006; Niger, 17,959; Gombe, 17,493; Yobe, 17,207; Nasarawa, 16,284; Jigawa, 16,007; Taraba, 15,622, Plateau, 15,389, and Kebbi, 12,917 are other states with significant percentages of successful applications.

The state with the fewest successful applications nationwide is Anambra State (1,141), followed by Ebonyi (1,537), Lagos (1,775), and Abia (2,110).

The Board insists that applicants behave in a way expected of young Nigerians who aspire to join the Nigeria Police Force, an organization governed by stringent rules and regulations that regards discipline as essential to its continued survival.