The Police Service Commission (PSC) has released a list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the constable and specialist cadres of the Nigeria Police Force.
PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
The commission noted that it worked with guidance from relevant stakeholders, including the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the National Assembly, and the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to ensure fairness and justice in the recruitment process.
It further stated that it ensured equity in the spread of successful candidates across the 774 local government areas of the country.
“The Police Service Commission has approved and released the list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force,” Ani said in the statement.
“The commission today, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, received the report of the Police Recruitment Board. 9,000 applicants were approved for recruitment for General Duty, while 1,000 applicants were recruited for the Specialists cadre.
“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.
Earlier, the PSC commission had set up a Recruitment Board – a broad-based stakeholders’ body populated by representatives from the PSC, the NPF, the Ministry of Police Affairs, the Federal Character Commission, Police Colleges, and the Police Trust Fund to Superintendent over the recruitment process and report back to the PSC.
Interested Nigerian youths were invited to apply online for consideration for the subsequent stages of the exercise through paid advertisements in several national media.
