Over 288,266 Young People Applied For Police Jobs In One Week, A Surge In Applications

More than 288, 266 young Nigerians have already submitted their online applications for consideration in the police hiring process.

This is only one week into the six-week period for applications to be accepted for the Nigeria Police Force's Constable cadre.

Ikechukwu Ani, the head of press and public relations, said in a statement on Tuesday: "As at 7 pm on Monday, October 23rd, 2023, the Recruitment portal www.apply.police recruitment.gov.ng 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.

"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."

According to Ani, a total of 217,300 Nigerian youths have applied for General Duty positions so far, while 70,676 have sought for specialist positions.

According to him, 46,868 applications have been rejected for being too old, out of the 69,426 that have been rejected so far for failing to fulfill the conditions for further review.

Ani added: "51,213 General duty applications were rejected while 18,213 Specialists applications were also rejected.