The Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, Solomon Arase, has lauded Nigerian youths for showing interest with the Nigeria Police Force, SAVANNAH NEWS REPORTS.
The former police boss revealed that the PSC had received 288,266 applications to join the force within 7 days.
In a statement on Tuesday by Press and Public Relations Head, Ikechukwu Ani, said Arase urged the youths to continue to visit the recruitment portal to apply.
In the statement: “Out of the 288,266 applications already received, 217,105 applications met the basic requirements for further consideration in the subsequent stages of the recruitment process.
“217,300 youths have so far applied for the general duty posts, while 70,676 applied for specialist posts. Sixty-nine thousand four hundred twenty-six 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 requirements.
“51,213 general duty applications were rejected while 18,213 specialists applications were also rejected”, the statement said.
The portal opened on Sunday, 15th October 2023, and will be closed on the 26th of November 2023.
