The Police Service
Commission (PSC), yesterday, released names of successful applicants for
recruitment into the Nigeria Police, in the Federal Government’s 10,000
recruitment programme, with the North getting the lion’s share.
In a statement
issued in Abuja, yesterday, PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Mr.
Ikechukwu Ani, said the new recruits comprise 500 cadet Assistant
Superintendents of Police (ASP), 500 cadet inspectors and, 7,500 constables.
The breakdown showed
that the North West, comprising Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi
and Sokoto got the lion share while South East, with five states region got the
least.
While recruitment
into the rank of constable was done on local government basis, with each
council alloted nine slots, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) got 30.
However, that of the
ASPs and Inspector were done on state basis. Each of the 36 states got 13 ASPs
and Inspector apiece.
Further analysis
showed that Kano, with 44 local government areas (LGAs)got 396 constables,
Bayelsa with eight councils got 72 and
FCT 30.
At the regional
level, South West, with 139 LGAs
accounted for 1,251 out of 7,500 constables while South East and South
South with 97 and 124 councils got 873 and
1,116, respectively.
However, the 19
northern states- North Central, North East and North West with 115, 112 and 187
got 1,035, 1,008 and 1,683 respectively, which represents 3, 726 out of the
7,500 constables.
Conversely, the
north topped the ASPs and Inspector as it got 247 as against 221 to the three
southern states.
Again, the North
West with seven states led with 91 each while South East with five states got
only 65. The other four zones with six states each got 78 each.
He said names of the
successful applicants have been uploaded on the websites of PSC and the NPF.
Ani stated that the
commission shortlisted applicants who applied under some disciplines which
required further professional and expert interview and listed them to include
engineering, laboratory science and community health.
He said the
recruitment was based on merit, federal character and geographical spread,
adding that all successful candidates went through the required processes.
“These include state
screening which involved the screening of credentials of the candidates and
physical screening such as height, sight, chest etc.”
He said the
commission electronically received 911,438 applications comprising 262,462 for
cadet ASP, 211,832 for cadet Inspector and 437,144 for Constable.
“A total of 338,250
applicants were later shortlisted electronically and invited for screening at
the state commands of the NPF.
This figure was made
up of 44,684 shortlisted for cadet ASPs, 87,736 for cadet inspectors and
205,830 for constables.
This process was
followed through from command to zone and finally, the national level, where
the successful candidates were selected.”
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