The Nigerian Police Service Commission (PSC) has stated that it will base recruitment of officers into the service based on merit, News About Nigeria reports.
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission and former Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, gave this assurance, maintaining that recruitment into the Nigerian Police Force will be based on the Federal Character Commission’s requirement of equal representation.
Arase, who disclosed this in a statement issued by the PSC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Ikechukwu Ani, on Saturday, noted that 171,956 successful applicants had begun receiving invitations for the next stage, which involves a computer-based test.
According to him, the successful applicant will be moving on to the next stage of the exercise, scheduled to take place on the 5th and 6th of March.
“The 171,956 successful applicants from the screening stage of the ongoing police recruitment are currently receiving messages inviting them to the next stage of the exercise which is the Computer-Based Tests scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday March 5 and 6, 2024 across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The commission has also promised to ensure that the exercise is merit-based throughout the stages of the recruitment,” he stated.
Arase further commended the Police Recruitment Board for their steadfastness and commitment to the national assignment, adding that the commission will forever be grateful to them.
He noted that after the recruitment exercise, the country will have the services of additional manpower in the Police, to assist in the fight against crime and criminality, and recover the ungoverned spaces across the country.
