Police Recruitment: IG waives entry requirements for candidates
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu has ordered the waving of entry requirements for applicants into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police. Earlier, the notice by the force had stipulated that applicants must be within the ages of 17 and 25 and must possess a minimum of five credits in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in not more than two sittings.
The new directive came from a wireless message, which read, “Inspector-General of Police directs that you attend to all applicants who successfully submitted their online applications to police recruitment portal irrespective of their physical appearance, age and qualification. You are not to disqualify any applicant for any reason whatsoever.
“Note that your recommendation for each applicant will serve as a guide to ascertaining the suitability or otherwise of each applicant. Ensure that the entire process is transparent and devoid of corruption and closely monitor activities of ICT personnel and other members of the team for strict compliance, please.”
The police yesterday kicked-off the screening of applicants for 10,000 slots nationwide. This follows President Muhammadu Buhari’s earlier declaration that an additional 40, 000 policemen would be added to the NPF in phases of 10,000 over a period of four years.