Over 200K applicants jostle for 10,000 police job

A total number of 242,455 applicants have applied for the 10,000 Nigeria Police Force constable job, the Police Service Commission has said.

The commission in a statement on Thursday, January 3, said it has received a total of 242,455 applications from interested candidates across Nigeria.

PSC also noted that Niger state with a total of 15,633 applications has the highest number of applicants with 15,079 applicants while Katsina is third with 14,582.

The statement signed by PSC’s acting spokesperson, Aaron Kaase, also noted that other states like Kaduna, Bauchi, Adamawa had 13,882; 12,652 and 11,449 respectively.

Kaase also said Bayelsa state had the lowest number of applicants at 1,258, followed by Lagos state with 1,358; Anambra had 1,618 while Ebonyi had 1,659.

He added that a summary of the applications received by the police showed that 212,716 applicants are males while 29,694 are females.

While Benue State has the highest number of female applicants at 2,251 followed by Akwa Ibom State with 1, 772 and Osun with 1, 721 applicants; Zamfara state recorded the lowest number of female applicants with 27 followed by Jigawa 33, while Sokoto has 34.

Meanwhile, TrackNews previously reported that the federal government has announced that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) on Thursday, November 29, commenced its recruitment registration exercise for constables.

Also, President Muhammadu Buhari had approved Enhanced Salary Structure for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

The president made the declaration after meeting with members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday, November 26, at the State House, Abuja. President Buhari met with the board of PSC, led by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris.