The Police Service Commission (PSC), yesterday, said it has, so far, received 705,352 applications from applicants seeking to join the Nigerian Police Force in the recently advertised 10,000 vacancies into the service.
The commission, in a statement, said a breakdown of the applications it received showed that 202, 427 candidates applied for the position of Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), 169,446, for the position of Cadet Inspector and 333,479 for the position of Constables.
This was even as the commission has promised to ensure a free, fair and equal opportunity for all applicants to ensure that only the best are recruited into the police force.
Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said of the number, the commission would be recruiting 500 Cadet ASPs, 500 Cadet Inspectors, 1,500 Specialist Officers and 7, 500 Constables to meet President Muhammadu Buhari’s approved 10,000 new entrants into the force.
Ani, who said the recruitment exercise has been smooth so far, said Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Mike Mbama Okiro, was committed to making the recruitment exercise a huge success, adding that the commission would continue to make the process of the recruitment transparent.
Source: Daily Sun