Barely a week into the recruitment of Constables into the Nigeria Police Force, 288,266 Nigerians have completed their online applications to be considered for recruitment.

As of 7 p.m. on Monday, October 23, 2023, the recruitment portal had received 288,266 applications.

The spokesperson for the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ikechukwu Ani, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday, October 24.

The recruitment portal which opened on October 15 will be closed on November 26, 2023.

Ani, however, noted that out of the 288,266 applications already received, 217,105 applications met the basic requirements for further consideration in the subsequent stages of the exercice.

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He said 217,300 youths have so far applied for the General Duty posts while 70,676 applied for Specialists posts.

According to him, 69,426 applications have so far been rejected for their inability to meet the requirements for further consideration out of which 46,868 were rejected for over age.

The PSC spokesman stated that 51,213 General Duty applications were rejected while 18,213 Specialists applications were also rejected.

Ani quoted the PSC Chairman, Dr Solomon Arase, as commending Nigerian youths for showing greater interest in pursuing a career in the Nigeria Police Force, assuring that the Commission will ensure that the ongoing exercise is transparent and merit driven.

Arase also called on the youths to continue to visit the portal to apply for consideration for recruitment.

The Star