Constable recruitment: PSC receives 288,266 applications in one week.

Barely a week into the six weeks duration for applications for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force, the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said that 288, 266 Nigerian youths have already completed their online applications to be considered for recruitment.

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Mr Ikechikwu Ani.

The statement revealed that a total number of 51,213 General duty applications were rejected while 18,213 Specialists applications were also rejected.

According to the statement, 'as at 7pm on Monday, October 23rd 2023, the Recruitment portal had received 288, 266 applications.

'The portal which opened on Sunday, 15th October 2023 will be closed on the 26th of November 2023 to satisfy the Federal Character Commission requirement of six weeks duration for eligible candidates to apply for any Government Agency vacancies.'

It explained that 'out of the 288,266 applications already received, 217,105 applications met the basic requirements for further consideration in the subsequent stages of the recruitment process.

It further added that 'a total number of 217,300 Nigerian youths have so far applied for the General Duty posts while 70,676 applied for specialist posts. 69,426 applications have so far been rejected for its inability to meet the requirements for further consideration out of which 46,868 were rejected for over age.'

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