- Applicants from South East – 2, South South – 10,778 and South West – 12,310
- Borno State has highest with 8,693 while Anambra has lowest with 314
There is disquiet in the implications of young Nigerians especially from Southern Nigeria shunning recruitment into the Nigeria as out of the 127,491 candidates who applied to join the Force, 104,403 are from the North and 23,088 from the Southern part of the country.
The successful applicants will from Tuesday storm the various State Police Command headquarters nationwide for physical screening.
The disproportional low number from the Southern part of Nigeria may show an alarming declining interest in the Nigerian federation or the Nigeria Police, with an analyst saying that none of the two scenarios augurs well fro the nation’s future if not tackled immediately from the roots.
And out of the 23,088 who applied for the recruitment from Nigeria’s Southern region, 2,932 were from the South East, meaning a looming lack of interest by youths from the region in a major federal government establishment.
The South South region has a total of 10,778 applicants while the South West has 12,310.
The Northcentral region has 31,190 applicants, Northwest 35,585 and Northeast, 37,522.
A breakdown of the Constable applicants by States shows that Abia has 596; Akwa Ibom 3,536; Anambra 314; Bayelsa 759; Cross River 2,704; Delta 976; Ebonyi 463; Edo 1,206; Ekiti 1,417; Enugu 707; Imo 852; Lagos 562; Ogun 1,154; Ondo 2,472; Osun 2,006; Oyo 1,767 and Rivers 1,597.
Others are Plateau 4,100; Kebbi 3,596; Katsina 7,605; Kano 7,557; Kaduna 7,436; Jigawa 4,951; Benue 6,578; Adamawa 8,206; Bauchi 7,140; Borno 8,693; Federal Capital Territory 4,418; Kogi 4,412; Kwara 2,410; Nasarawa 4,700; Niger 4,672; Sokoto 2,450; Taraba 4,075; Yobe 4,992; Gombe, 4,416 and Zamfara 1,990.
A wireless message directed the Constables applicants to resume at specified Police Commands with effect from February 1-20.
The applicants were directed to appear with their National Identity Number, original and duplicate copies of credentials, certificates of origin, birth certificates or declaration of age, printouts of application and duly completed guarantor’s forms.
The message titled, ‘2021 recruitment of 10,000 police constables,’ advised the officers in charge of the exercise to ensure that screened candidates are recommended only on merit.
It cautioned against corrupt practices and admonished the officers to adhere strictly to the guidelines stipulated in the Police Act and Regulations.
“You are to ensure that nominated Special Investigation Bureaus are present at the various states and FCT command headquarters designated as centres for the exercise, before, during and after the physical screening.
“They are to draw up threat analysis at their respective centres and profile all invited applicants so that criminal elements are not recruited into the force,” the order from the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, read.
The Police boss also directed his men to ensure that only indigenes of the State are screened, noting that the screening would be conducted on a local government basis.