The Police Service Commission (PSC), on Tuesday said it has received 104,289 applications from Nigerians who want employment into the Nigeria Police Force as Constables.
The spokesman of the PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, in a statement said, “This is just twelve days after the Commission’s Recruitment Portal was opened on November 30th, 2018.”
He said: “The applications hit this figure as at 11.30am today, Tuesday, December 11th, 2018. The portal will officially close on the 11th of January, 2019 in compliance with the six weeks requirement by Federal Character Commission.
Niger State has the highest number of applicants at 7,985 while Bayelsa State has the least applications of 347. Kano State is second with 7,513, Katsina came third with 6,820; Bauchi fourth with 6,204 and Kaduna State fifth with 5,729 applicants.
“Following Bayelsa from the rear, is Lagos State with only 516 applicants, Ebonyi State is next with 600, Anambra State, 605, Abia State, 733 and Imo State with 870 applicants.
“Out of the 104,289 applications received so far by the Commission, 93,871 were males while 10,418 were females.
