338,227 Applicants Shortlisted For Police Job, Screening Begins June 6

In line with the ongoing recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Police, a total of 338,227 have been shortlisted electronically from the over 900,000 applicants who applied for the different positions advertised, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has disclosed
Out of the number, it said 44,661 are for Cadet ASP, 87,736 for Cadet Inspector and 205,830 for Constables.

While briefing newsmen in Abuja on the recruitment of 10,000 policemen by the commission on Thursday, PSC Chairman, Dr Mike Okiro, expressed the commission’s readiness to commence the recruitment exercise in earnest.

According to him, the commission has begun to send invitation letters to successful applicants for the state screening through SMS and via emails.

His words: “With the closure of filling and submission of application forms, the commission is now ready to commence the recruitment exercise proper. I want to announce that the state screening exercise will begin on Monday, the 6th of June, 2016 throughout the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

He explained that the invitation letter being sent by the commission, states the date for each person’s screening and venue of the screening.

Okiro pointed out that applicants will be grouped according to local governments and dates fixed for their individual screenings.
According to him, this is done to avoid overcrowding at the venue and also allow for meticulous screening.

He further warned that: “no candidate will be admitted into any venue or appear on any date other than those allocated to him/her.”
Okiro, who stressed that the initial short listing was done electronically, said applicants who did not meet the requirements were screened out by the computer.

“Only those who qualified for the next stage of the exercise were invited by the computer for physical screening,” he said.
He noted that the Commission does not intend to subject candidates to physical exercise like running due to the forthcoming Ramadan fasting.

(Tribube)