Recruitment: Police to screen 135,027 candidates from Feb 1-20

The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday stated it has actually invited candidates who successfully completed their online recruitment registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment workout into the force for physical and credential screening.

It also mentioned that it has actually gotten 135,027 online registration of candidates.

This was included in a declaration by Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba.

According to him, the screening exercise, which is being carried out in combination with the Police Service Commission, is arranged to hold at designated locations in states across the federation and the Federal Capital Territory from February 1 to 20 from 8 am daily.

The declaration entitled, ‘Ongoing 2021 Recruitment Of Police Constables: Physical And Credential Screening’, further encouraged all candidates to continue to their particular states of origin and appear at the different screening centres in their tidy white T-shirts and shorts with all candidates’ files nicely set up in two white flat files with recent passport photos attached.

Other requirements include National Identity Number, original and replicate copies of qualifications– O’ Level Result(s), certificate of origin and birth certificate/declaration of age, a printout of application submission confirmation/profile page; and properly finished guarantor’s type.

It cautioned that any candidate who fails to provide the above, will not be considered for screening.

Candidates were equally recommended to take note of particular and detailed guidelines on the screening workout for each state, especially, the area of screening and dates of screening per local government location, which will be announced by the Police Public Relations Officers in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

According to the declaration, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, ensured the candidates that the statutory entry requirements into the Force as plainly stated in the Police Act and Regulations, would be followed.

He applauded the satisfying increase in the number and geographic spread of the applications, particularly in the southeast and south-south regions of the nation following the extension of the registration exercise, including that an overall of 135,027 legitimate applications were received in the online registration workout.