- PSC CHAIRMAN SAYS THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
- commends Police Recruitment Board; dedicated telephone lines released
As the screening of over 400,000 Nigerian youths who successfully applied for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force took off successfully on Monday January 8th 2024 across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the National Co-ordinator and Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Solomon Arase, (Rtd) who presided over the setting up of the Recruitment Situation Room at the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission in Abuja.
The head of the commission’s Press and Public relations, Ikechukwu Ani, sai in a statement said that Dr Arase said, there was still room for improvement, insisting that the field workers should not lower their guard but strive to improve on a daily basis.
Although there were the usual early teething problems, reports from the Commission's team leads in the states confirmed that the exercise was up and already running.
The Commission is handling the credentials screening while the Officers of the Nigeria Police Force are handling that of the physical.
Officers from the Ministry of Police Affairs, Federal Character Commission, Police Trust Fund and Police Colleges are also on ground at the venues.
Dr. Arase said the screening exercise is the first formal contact between the candidates and the officers of the Commission and the Police.
He commended the synergy amongst the Institutions that make up the Police Recruitment Board and promised that the Commission will ensure that the entire exercise will be a success.
Meanwhile the Commission has provided dedicated telephone lines and other social media platforms for Nigerians to complain or seek necessary information on the ongoing recruitment exercise.
