Constable recruitment: 288,266 Nigerians applied for police recruitment in one week

The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has received 288,266 applications for recruitment of constables.

Recently, the PSC in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) invited applications from qualified citizens to apply as constables.

The commission also invited applications for enlistment as artisans into specialised fields.

The online application portal opened on October 15 and it will close on November 26.

In a statement seen by ValidViewNetwork on Tuesday, out of the 288,266 applications already received, 217,105 of them met the basic requirements for further consideration.

“As at 7pm on Monday, October 23rd 2023, the recruitment portal had received 288, 266 applications,” the statement reads.

“A total number of 217,300 Nigerian youths have so far applied for the general duty posts while 70,676 applied for specialist posts.

“Also, 69,426 applications have so far been rejected for their inability to meet the requirements for further consideration out of which 46,868 were rejected for overage.

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“And 51,213 general duty applications were rejected while 18,213 specialist applications were also rejected.”

According to the statement, the online application requirements include the following;

i. Applicants shall be of Nigerian origin and birth and must possess the National Identification Number, NIN;

ii.Applicants must possess a minimum of 5 credits in not more than 2 sittings in WAEC/NECO or its equivalent with credit passes in English and Mathematics;

iii. Applicants must be aged between 18 -25 years; ….

vii. Applicants must have a valid email address and phone number and SSCE statements of results or certificates relating to examinations taken before 2015 will not be accepted.

The PSC spokesperson said the applications are “without any monetary implications” while asking applicants to take note.

Chairman of the Commission, Retired IGP Solomon Arase, commended the Nigerian youths for showing greater interest in pursuing a career in the Nigeria Police Force and assured that the Commission will ensure that the ongoing recruitment exercise is transparent and merit driven.

He called on the youths to continue to visit the recruitment portal to apply for consideration for recruitment.