705, 000 scramble for Buhari’s 10,000 police jobs

There is serious scramble from candidates seeking employment into the Nigerian Police Force as the Police Service Commission has received 705, 352 applications for about 10,000 available slots.

In the breakdown made available by the Police Service Commission, 202, 427 applicants successfully applied for the position of Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, 169,446, for the position of Cadet Inspector and 333,479 for the position of Constables.

Revealing the breakdown of planned recruits for the exercise, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, in a statement said; “The commission planned to recruit 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.”

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“The Police Service Commission has at 7.30am on Tuesday, April 19th, received 705,352 applications from applicants who are seeking employment into the recently advertised 10,000 vacancies into the Nigeria Police Force.

“President Muhammadu Buhari at last year’s National Security Summit had approved the recruitment of 10,000 police men into the nation’s Police Force to reinforce the Nigeria Police for better service.” The statement read.

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