The Nigeria Police Begins Recruitment Of 10,000 Personnel – See How To Apply

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has warned that there would be no short-cut into the Nigeria Police Force in the recruitment of 10,000 personnel. President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2015 approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen at the National Security Summit in Abuja.

Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations of the commission, told journalists that Mike Okiro, Chairman of the commission, gave the warning while unveiling a portal for the exercise in Abuja, the portal would be opened to the public on April 1 to herald the commencement of the exercise.

The statement urged interested applicants to access the portal through the commission’s website:www.psc.gov.ng or that of the Nigeria Police Force:www.npf.gov.ng.

No fee would be charged for the processing of the forms which would be filled on-line. The exercise would be in three entry points of Constable, Cadet Inspector and Cadet ASP, while there would also be recruitment into the Specialist cadre.

Applicants for Police Constables are expected to possess five credits including Mathematics and English Language at Senior School Certificate Examination in not more than two sittings, for Cadet Inspectors Candidates, in addition to having the requirements of Police Constables, candidates would be expected to have an Ordinary National Diploma (OND), Advanced Level (A level), National Certificate in Education (NCE) or their equivalents, for Cadet ASPCandidates must possess a University degree or a Higher National Diploma (HND).