Out of the 81,005 functions acquired nationwide as of January 7, 2022, just one,404 functions (lower than 2% of the whole functions) had been acquired from the 5 states within the South East.
The Power Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba has complained that southerners usually are not making use of for police jobs.
Mba mentioned that was one of many the explanation why Nigeria Police prolonged the net registration within the ongoing 2021 police constable recruitment to Saturday, January 22, 2022.
In an announcement on Wednesday, Mba mentioned the extension grew to become essential "to ensure equal opportunity and even spread of applications, particularly from states in the South-East, South-South geopolitical zones and Lagos State."
He mentioned the extension would allow the southern states to fulfill up with the required quota for his or her respective states.
Giving a breakdown of the functions acquired up to now, Mba mentioned out of the 81,005 functions acquired nationwide as of January 7, 2022, just one,404 functions (lower than 2% of the whole functions) had been acquired from the 5 states within the South East.
MBA added that solely 261 had been from Lagos State, including that Anambra has the least determine of simply 158 candidates.
Consequently, the Power appealed to states, native governments, non secular our bodies and different curiosity teams within the South-South, South-East and Lagos State to mobilize and encourage their residents and wards to hunt a profession path within the Nigeria Police Power.
"Interested applicants are urged to log on to the NPF recruitment portal to register before the expiration of the new deadline," he mentioned, including that the recruitment train is totally freed from cost.
