The Police Service Commission has vowed to participate in the ongoing screening of 2021 batch of applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force.
Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of the PSC, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the resolution to participate in the recruitment process followed a tripartite meeting of the commission with the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force.
Ani said the meeting, attended by the commission’s staff union leadership, chaired by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Commission, Chief William Alo, resolved to deploy personnel of the commission for the exercise across the country.
READ ALSO:
He said the commission also received a delegation of the Nigeria Police Force leadership, led by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Training, Mohammed Dan Mallam.
He said the two parties resolved some other contending issues that led to staff unrest in the Commission, adding that the parties resolved to work together to avoid such unnecessary and avoidable occurrences in the future.
He said that some personnel of the commission would be deployed to states to interface with the other stakeholders to ensure transparent, fair and credible screening exercise.
Ani said the commission would continue to ensure and insist that Police recruitment at any level must be merit-driven and observance of the Federal Character Commission guidelines.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that some personnel of the commission in protest on Friday forcefully locked up government offices and chased away officers on legitimate duties.
The issues raised by the protesters were primarily the alleged handover of the constitutional responsibility of the Commission to recruit Police Officers to the Inspector General of Police.
They had also expressed worry over the delay in the conclusion of the 2021 staff promotion and training.
The Eagle
Soldiers Sent After Me Are My Boys, Says Bandit Kingpin Kachalla A notorious bandit…
Troops Arrest Suspected ISWAP Operative Over Planned Attack on Military Bases in Borno Troops of…
Navy Leads Rescue as Building Collapse Traps Children, Others in Lagos Several people, including children,…
Killing of MACBAN Chairman: 'It Would Have Been Better to Kill the President, NSA' —…
Tobi Amusan wins Paris Diamond League title, equals season's best with 12.28s Nigeria's Tobi Amusan…
Plane crash in France kills 11 on board as skydiving aircraft crashes after take-off A…