The Police Service Commission received 315,032 applications for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force as Constables at the close of its recruitment portal on Friday, January 11, 2019.
The Commission will commence the next step of short listing qualified applicants based on its advertised requirements and successful ones will be invited for physical and document screening.
The short listing will be carried out online.
The applicants are required to possess an 0’ level certificate or its equivalent with at least five credits including Mathematics and English language in not more than two sittings.
Applicants must be a Nigerian Citizen, not less than 18 years of age or more than 25 years of age.
They must also be of good character and must not have been convicted of any criminal offence.
Niger State still kept its first position on the number of applications received with 18,549 applicants followed by Kaduna with 17,936, Kano, 17,483 and Katsina, 17,354.
Lagos State dropped to the last position with 1,895 applications while Bayelsa State, previously at the rear, is now second to the last with 2,035 applications. Anambra State is with 2,204, Ebonyi State, with 2,496 while Abia State recorded 2,976 applications.
A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, head of Press and Public Relations said, “At the close of the recruitment portal, 271,068 males applied while only 43,785 female applications were received”.
The Commission recently got the approval of the Federal Government to recruit 10,000 Nigerians into the Force as Constables for the year, 2019.
The Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police expressed delight at the successful conclusion of the first leg of the recruitment exercise.
He added that the Commission is committed to a transparent, hitch free and merit driven exercise that will ensure the recruitment of the best for the Nigerian Police force.
POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION
FINAL ANALYSIS OF APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR CONSTABLE RECRUITMENT
S/N
STATE
MALE
FEMALE
NO GENDER
TOTAL
1
Abia State
1,834
1,141
1
2,976
2
Adamawa State
13,456
1,663
0
15,119
3
Akwa Ibom State
6,483
2,706
1
9,190
4
Anambra State
1,244
960
0
2,204
5
Bauchi State
14,560
393
2
14,955
6
Bayelsa State
1,492
543
0
2,035
7
Benue State
13,234
3,530
1
16,765
8
Borno State
11,319
1,226
1
12,546
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9
Cross River State
5,191
2,135
0
7,326
10
Delta State
2,885
1,304
0
4,189
11
Ebonyi State
1,841
655
0
2,496
12
Edo State
3,654
1,686
0
5,340
13
Ekiti State
3,072
1,415
0
4,487
14
Enugu State
2,784
1,801
0
4,585
15
FCT
3,153
341
1
3,495
16
Gombe State
8,125
756
3
8,884
17
Imo State
2,644
1,869
0
4,513
18
Jigawa State
11,791
38
1
11,830
19
Kaduna State
15,932
2,004
0
17,936
20
Kano State
17,378
101
4
17,483
21
Katsina State
17,255
98
1
17,354
22
Kebbi State
8,615
177
1
8,793
23
Kogi State
10,569
2,211
0
12,780
24
Kwara State
6,288
1,197
0
7,485
25
Lagos State
1,333
562
0
1,895
26
Nasarawa State
9,307
1,122
2
10,431
27
Niger State
17,437
1,110
2
18,549
28
Ogun State
2,788
1,063
0
3,851
29
Ondo State
5,410
2,067
0
7,477
30
Osun State
6,761
2,384
0
9,145
31
Oyo State
5,008
1,495
1
6,504
32
Plateau State
7,611
1,583
1
9,195
33
Rivers State
3,090
1,234
0
4,324
34
Sokoto State
6,276
39
0
6,315
35
Taraba State
8,810
1,046
0
9,856
36
Yobe State
6,617
100
0
6,717
37
Zamfara State
5,821
30
1
5,852
38
Inconclusive Applications
155
TOTAL
271,068
43,785
24
315,032
