•Kaduna, Adamawa, Borno lead; Anambra, Ebonyi, Abia, Imo at the rear
The number of applications already received as at the ninth day in the ongoing recruitment exercise for General Duty Constables into the Nigeria Police Force has Kaduna State in the lead, as 20,259 of its youths have completed the online applications.
At the lowest rung of the application ladder is Anambra State, with only 541 applications.
This was disclosed by the Police Service Commission (PSC) Head, Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
Following Kaduna at the top are Adamawa with 18,933 applications; Borno with 18,305; Bauchi, 16,554; Katsina, 16,232 and Kano, 15,888.
Next to Anambra State from the rear are Ebonyi, 737; Abia, 966 and Imo 999.
Bayelsa, has 1020; Enugu, 1036; Lagos, 1259; Delta, 1338 and Edo 1526.
The analysis has made the PSC Chairman, Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police, to express concern on the continued disinterest of South East youths in pursuing a career in the Nigeria Police Force.
Dr. Arase noted that the South East, currently a hot bed for non state actors rebellion in the country should have been in the forefront to join the Nigeria Police Force and bring indigenous solution to the menace.
He called on the leadership of the zone to find a way of convincing its youths to embrace the opportunity of the ongoing recruitment has provided.
The PSC Chairman said it would be difficult for anyone to listen to cries of marginalisation from leaders of the zone if they choose to remain indifferent to government’s generous decision to offer employments to Nigerian youths into the Police Force.
He said they should maximise the remaining five weeks open for their youths to get into the train.
Meanwhile 242,391 males have already completed their applications while only 35,405 females have registered their presence.
