The
Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it shortlisted 110,469
applicants out of the 338, 250 applicants invited for the just concluded
screening at the states and FCT Police Commands.
The chairman of the
commission, Mike Okiro, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on
Friday, said the aptitude tests for the successful candidates would begin on
Aug. 22 across the 36 states and FCT.
He said that out of the
110, 469 applicants, 22, 454 were shortlisted for Cadet ASPs, 24,456 for Cadet
Inspectors and 63,559 for Police Constables.
The police is to
recruit 10,000 new personnel. In all, the commission received 911,438
applications before the first screening cut the number to over 300,000.
Mr. Okiro said that
aptitude test for cadet ASPs for both general duty and specialists will begin
on Aug. 22 while that of Cadet Inspectors for both general duty and specialists
will hold on Aug. 23.
He said the test for
police constables for both cadres would take place on Aug. 24.
According to him,
document and physical screening of specialists is scheduled for Aug. 29 after
which they would have taken the aptitude tests.
Mr. Okiro said the
commission adhered strictly to the requirements needed from the applicants for
the exercise.
He said
some of the applicants were screened out for over age, alteration and
falsification of documents and year of graduation.
The others included
physical features, tattoo marks, first school leaving certificate, certificate
of state origin and class of degree or diploma.
He said over 115
applicants who were arrested during the screening for forgery and impersonation
were handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
The chairman restated
the commission’s desire to sustain the integrity of the exercise, saying that
questions for the tests would only be disclosed to the coordinators on the
examination date.
He reassured Nigerians
that the exercise would be transparent and all applicants would be given equal
opportunities to pursue a career in the police.
Mr. Okiro warned that
any candidate caught undermining the integrity of the exercise would be
prosecuted.
He said emails had been
sent to all shortlisted applicants, adding that the master list for each state
had been sent to all state commands to paste at command headquarters and
examination centres.
The chairman said the
commission was not under pressure from any quarter to favour any candidate.
He said there were no
reports of misconduct against any coordinator during the screening.
-NAN
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