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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Recruitment of 40,000 police constables begins on Monday

The Police Service Commission has lifted the suspension it placed on the recruitment of 40,000 personnel into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force.

Chief Information Officer of the Commission,Ferdinand Ekpe said the exercise would now commence on August 2 and end on September 9.

Ekpe said to ensure transparency the commission had set up a three-man Police Recruitment Board to conduct the exercise and the Board headed by Otive Igbuzor also has a representative each from the Nigeria Police and the Federal Character Commission.

He said the chairman of the Commission,Parry Osayande, enjoined the Board to conduct the recruitment in a transparent manner and set a standard for the conduct of national affairs.

According to him,one of the terms of reference of the Board was to institute and implement a mechanism aimed at preventing the abuse of the recruitment process.

Ekpe listed the educational qualifications required for Category A, for the recruitment exercise as A/Level, National Certificate of Education and National Diploma or their equivalents.

He said that for Category B, the requirement was five credits in the West African School Certificate, including English Language and a pass in Mathematics.

The Information Officer said those in Categories A and B would undergo 15 months and 18 months training and stressed that forms for the recruitment exercise were not for sale.

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