At least
37,000 Nigerians who applied to be enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF)
and sat for a computer-based aptitude (CBA) examination organised by the Jo
int
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), yesterday, are eagerly awaiting the
outcome of the exercise to know if they would be among the 6,000 to join the
Force.
The
examination was part of the process for the recruitment of 6,000 constables
into the NPF.Speaking while monitoring the examination in Abuja, JAMB
Registrar, Dr. Ishaq Oloyede, congratulated the Nigeria Police for approaching
the Board in search of excellence.
The
registrar, who monitored the exercise alongside Assistant Inspector General of
Police (AIG) in charge of Training, Shettima Istifanus, said JAMB has been
conducting similar examinations for government agencies and those in private
sector that want to maintain high standard and excellence, adding: “We conduct
examinations for different agencies, both in the public and private sectors,
because we have the facilities that we use may be once or twice in a year. It
is a public facility and at minimum cost, we allow people to use the system.
“We have
many people who believe in us and they patronise us, particularly those who
want to do things transparently.“If you want to do something that is not that
transparent, JAMB is not the right place to go. But if you want to set the
rules and you want the rules to be enforced and transparently so, JAMB will
give you the services at a cost you cannot get elsewhere, because we are using
already established facility and it is a public facility. All we ensure is that
there must be a set standard and the standard must be enforced.
“I
congratulate the Nigeria Police. So far so good, they comply with all the
agreements about setting standard and ensuring that there would be no waiver at
any point in time.
“We have
done about 16 agencies this year and we are starting another one in the next
few week. We will be starting the Road Safety Corps very soon and we have
assisted MTN, EFCC, Christian Pilgrims Commission, West Africa College of
Surgeons and National Postgraduate College and all those who want excellent and
transparent test. We will ensure that when it comes to CBT examination, the
place to go is JAMB.”
Oloyede,
however, said the number of vacancies and level of performance would determine
the cut-off mark for the Police recruitment.On his part, Istifanus said the
idea behind the aptitude test was to maintain high standard, noting that the
examination took place in 156 centres across the country, while over 2,000
applicants wrote the examination at the JAMB headquarters in Abuja.
He said
applicants that pass the examination would be shortlisted to proceed for
further training at the various Police colleges across the country.“We want to
maintain standard in the Nigeria Police. You know JAMB has been very excellent
in terms of conducting examinations. We want to get excellent people to join
the Police. The reason we involved JAMB is to ensure transparency and with the
slogan, ‘Change Begins With Me,’ we have started with ‘Change Begins with
Nigeria Police,” he said.
The Police
chief disclosed that the requisite qualification for enlistment into the Force
is possession of at least five credits in the Senior Secondary School
Certificate (SSSC), including English Language and Mathematics.
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