No fewer than 1,113 applicants
began screening in Lagos State on Monday for recruitment into the Nigeria
Police Force.
About 6,000 applicants were
shortlisted for the exercise nationwide.
The Presiding Officer for the
screening, ACP Okon Otoyo, gave the figure at the Police College, Ikeja, venue
of the screening.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that some of the applicants reported at the venue as early as 7.30 a.m.
At 10a.m., some senior police
officers began to teach them how to fill forms. They officers gave out some
other instructions.
According to NAN, some
applicants, ignorant of what they were expected to bring to the venue, began to
purchase plastic canvass, white T-shirts and shorts when they got to the
college.
Otoyo said: “We have started the
screening. We have 1,113 applicants to be screened in Lagos and it will take
one week.’’
Some of the candidates who spoke
to NAN on condition of anonymity, said that they were looking forward to having
a bright career in the Nigeria Police Force.
Some, however, decried the high
cost of training kits such as canvass and shirts which they bought in front of
the college.
“We were not told what to bring
to the venue; someone only called me requesting me to check for my name on the
internet; luckily, I found my name.
“There was no instruction on what
to bring apart from certificates.
“It was when we got to the Police
College that we discovered that some of our colleagues were putting on
white-and-white kits.
“Normally, I can’t buy plastic
canvass more than N600, but because of emergency, I bought mine N1,000, while
some of my colleagues bought theirs more than N1000,” one of the applicants
said.
Another applicant told NAN that
he desired policing in spite of the hazards of the profession.
“We know a lot of things are wrong in Nigeria
and we have to put them right. Although policemen and other security agents are
being killed, we must join to fight crime,’’ he said
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