The Police Service Commission (PSC) has released the list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
This was announced via a statement issued by PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
Ani noted that the commission received the report of the Police Recruitment Board on Tuesday.
He disclosed that 9,000 applicants were approved for recruitment for General Duty while 1,000 applicants were recruited for the Specialists cadre.
He noted: “To ensure fairness and justice in the Recruitment process, the Commission worked with guidance from relevant stakeholders including the Nigeria Police Force, the National Assembly and the Federal Character Commission. It ensured equity in the spread of successful candidates across the 774 local government areas of the country.
“The Commission had earlier inaugurated a Recruitment Board – a broad-based stakeholders body populated by representatives from the Commission, the Nigeria Police Force, the Ministry of Police Affairs, Federal Character Commission, Police Colleges and the Police Trust Fund to Superintendent over the recruitment process and report back to the Commission.”
The PSC spokesman said interested Nigerian youths were invited to apply online for consideration for the subsequent stages of the exercise through paid advertisements in several national media.
Ani stated that interested applicants were given six weeks to conclude the online applications from October 15 to November 26, 2023, in line with the Federal Character requirements.
According to him, 609,886 applications were received while 416,323 applicants who met the advertised requirements were shortlisted for the second stage of the exercise which was physical and document screening.
He disclosed that the PSC, after the physical and credentials screening, shortlisted 171,956 applicants who met the requirements for the Computer Based Tests (CBT) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Martriculation Board (JAMB).
He stated that 15,447 General duty applicants who performed well in the CBT were further invited for medical screening to determine their health status, adding that 55,645 Specialists who were shortlisted from the physical and credentials screening were subjected to practical tests and later medical screening.
Ani said: “Each stage of the Recruitment process was carried out with a high level of scrutiny and care
“A total of 10000 applicants made up of 9000 General Duty and 1000 Specialists were recommended for final selection.
“The selection of specialists were done in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force on the need assessment ensuring capability and balance of geographical representation.”
He further quoted PSC Chairman Dr Solomon Arase as saying that the recruitment process was to enhance the capacity and effectiveness of the NPF and to reinforce its commitment to community rooted and service oriented policing.
Arase noted that the final selection process was meticulously structured to ensure fairness and inclusivity with 10 candidates selected from each of the 774 local government areas as advised by the National Assembly at plenary on February 29 to create a representative and diverse Police Force.
He, therefore, urged candidates to check the status of their application through the PSC website – www.policeservicecommission.cloud.
