PSC: 288,266 Nigerians applied for police recruitment in one week

The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has received 288,266 applications for recruitment of constables.

Recently, the PSC in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) invited applications from qualified citizens to apply as constables.

The commission also invited applications for enlistment as artisans into specialised fields.

The online application portal opened on October 15 and it will close on November 26.

In a statement on Tuesday, Ikechukwu Ani, PSC spokesperson, said out of the 288,266 applications already received, 217,105 of them met the basic requirements for further consideration.

“As at 7pm on Monday, October 23rd 2023, the recruitment portal had received 288, 266 applications,” the statement reads.

“A total number of 217,300 Nigerian youths have so far applied for the general duty posts while 70,676 applied for specialist posts.

“Also, 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 overage.

“And 51,213 general duty applications were rejected while 18,213 specialist applications were also rejected.”

The PSC spokesperson said the applications are “without any monetary implications” while asking applicants to take note.