Police Recruitment: Full List of Centres for Final Screening Emerges

• The police recruitment board has published a list of 20 centres where final recruitment screening will be done for shortlisted candidates
• States like Lagos, Sokoto, Kano, Cross Rivers are among those covered by the screening centres released on Thursday, April 4
• The head of press and public relations of the Police Service Commission, Ikechukwu Ani, said the screening will be held on Tuesday, April 16

The Police Recruitment Board on Thursday, April 4, released a full list of centres across Nigeria where successful and shortlisted applicants can undergo the compulsory medical screening..

The board was set up by the Police Service Commission (PSC) to facilitate the ongoing recruitment of Nigerians into the Constable Cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

According to the Head Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, the final stage of the screening exercise consist of a medical examination which will be held on Tuesday, April 16, made to run for two weeks, Vanguard reports.

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Ani said:

“the candidates for the medical screening have already been contacted on the dates and time for their screening.”

Below is a list of the designated centres for the exercise:

1. Zone 1 Kano; Police cottage hospital Bompai, Kano
2. Zone 2 Lagos; Police College Ikeja
3. Zone 3 Yola, Police Clinic Yola
4. Zone 4, Makurdi, Police Clinic Makurdi
5. Zone 5 , Benin, Police Cottage hospital, Benin
6. Zone 6, Calabar, Police hospital Calabar.
7. Zone 7, Abuja, MD Abubakar Police Hospital Dei Dei Abuja
8. Zone 8 Lokoja, Police Clinic, Lokoja
9. Zone 9 , Umuahia, Police Hospital Umuahia
10. Zone 10, Sokoto, PTS Clinic Sokoto
11. Zone 11 Osogbo, Police Hospital Osogbo
12. Zone12 Bauchi, PTS Clinic Bauchi
13. Zone 13 Ukpo, Police Hospital Awka
14. Zone 14, Katsina, Ibrahim Coomassie Cottage Hospital Katsina
15. Zone 15 Maiduguri, Police College, Maiduguri
16. Zone 16, Yenagoa, Zone 16 Headquarters Yenagoa.
17. Zone 17, Akure, Police Hospital Akure
18. Zone 18, Yobe, Utral Modern Police Hospital, Gashua Road, Damaturu
19. Zone 19, Kaduna, Police College Clinic Kaduna
20. Zone 20, Gusau, Police Secondary School clinic Zaria Road Gusau

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A top police officer told Legit.ng on Saturday, April 13, that the Nigerian Police Force plans to recruit 40,000 recruits across the country, but added that the recruitment will be done in phases.

Speaking on the impact of the additions to the NPF's workforce, the officer said:

"Nigeria is too large to have a central policing system. The leaders are aware of this fact but because politicians use recruitment into security formations as job creation and not to enhance the quality of national security."

‘Print Your Slip’: Kaduna Police Give Fresh Update on Recruitment

The police command in Kaduna state on Sunday, March 3, made public 39 computer-based test (CBT) centres in its bid to recruit Nigerians into the Force.

The recruitment is for police constables.

The free CBT examination was scheduled from Tuesday, March 5 to Wednesday, March 6.

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Source: Legit.ng