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How Senate and IG Caused PSC to Abort Police Recruitment

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7 years ago

October 31, 2016

Following pressure from the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended the current recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the Nigerian Police Force.

According to Punch, the commission came to this conclusion about two weeks ago, shortly after it concluded the screening of 110,469 qualified candidates.

The PSC management had almost concluded the recruitment process in Jigawa state when the IG ordered the deputy IG for training and development, Emmanuel Inyang, and another senior officers to suspend the recruitment and return to Abuja immediately.

It was reported that the decision of the IG might have been due to pressure from some senators to favour their geo-political zones during the recruitment.

Earlier, the Senate committee on police in a letter to the commission had asked for the suspension of the process, saying it should be determined by the local governments of the candidates and not states.

Also, the committee chairman, Senator Abu Ibrahim, had also written to the presidency on the issue, arguing that local government should be the basis for the recruitment.

Ibrahim during a briefing at the National Assembly Complex on Thursday, October 13, said the recruitment exercise was suspended to resolve the clash between the Senate and the Police Service Commission, (PSC), Daily Post reports.

He further explained that while the Senate wants the recruitment to be based on nine persons per local government, the PSC prefers that each state be given an opportunity to present equal number of persons.

Meanwhile, the head media and public relations forPSC, Ikechukwu Ani also confirmed the suspension of the recruitment.