According to the Police Service Commission (PSC), 136,177 candidates have been screened since the exercise started on January 8, 2023.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the commission’s spokesman, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, said 108,768 details had been uploaded, with those yet to be uploaded having been delayed by network problems.
City & Crime reports that the PSC, through the Police Recruitment Board, is currently screening 416,270 youths who applied to be considered for a career in the police.
Mr Ani said, “The candidates are being subjected to physical and credentials screening; a prelude to an aptitude test and other processes, including medical examination.
“The commission has with the ongoing recruitment exercise upgraded and automated the processes to ensure its credibility and create a measurable standard for final selection of successful candidates.
“Results and outcome of the screening exercise are uploaded real time to the commission’s portal and monitored by the situation room set up and led by commission’s Chairman, Mr Solomon Arase, retired Inspector-General of Police (IGP).”
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