The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved and released the list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, while confirming this, said, “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.”
Recall that 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 superintendend over the recruitment process and report back to the commission.
“Interested Nigerian youths were invited to apply online for consideration for the subsequent stages of the exercise through paid advertisements in several national media. Interested applicants were given six weeks to conclude the online applications (15th October to 26th November 2023) in line with the Federal Character requirements.
“A total of 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.
“This stage held in the 36 states of the Federation and Federal Capital Territory between Monday, 8th to Monday 29th January 2024.
“The Commission, after the physical and credentials screening, shortlisted 171,956 applicants who met the requirements for the Computer Based Tests (CBT) conducted by the Joint Admission and Martriculation Board, JAMB an organisation renowed for its expertise in Computer based tests.
“15,447 General duty applicants who did well in the CBT were further invited for medical screening to determine their health status.”
To ensure fairness and inclusivity, 10 candidates were selected from each of the 774 local government areas of the country, as advised by the National Assembly in its plenary decision of February 29, 2024. The PSC also prioritised confidentiality in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act of 2023, ensuring that the personal data of recruits remains secure.
Successful candidates can check the status of their applications through the PSC’s dedicated web page at www.policeservicecommission.cloud. For complaints or inquiries, applicants can contact the PSC recruitment help desk via WhatsApp at 08094767777 and 09031318499.
