From 705,000 in mid-April, the number of applicants competing for the 10,000 jobs recently declared vacant by the Nigeria Police Force is now closing in on one million.
In an update issued by Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations of the Police Service Commission (PSC) in Abuja on Monday, the commission has disclosed that it received 843,008 applications as at 1.00p.m on May 2 from applicants seeking enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force.
The police spokesman said that 243,327 applications were received for Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) cadre, while 197,990 and 401,691 applicants applied for the Inspector and Police Constable (PC) cadres respectively.
The commission recently said in a statement that it would recruit 500 Cadet ASP, 500 Cadet Inspectors, 1,500 Specialist Officers and 7, 500 Constables in the recruitment of 10,000 policemen.
It can be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen into the nation’s Police Force to reinforce the police for better service.
It has also been reported that the recruitment exercise would close on May 13th.