The
Police Service Commission (PSC) has written a letter to the Inspector
General of Police (IGP) directing him to withdraw a recent recruitment
advertisement into the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).
A
source yesterday said the commission wrote the IGP over two weeks ago
after the advert was published in newspapers and circulated across the
country.
The
source raised concerns over the legality of the recruitment process,
hinting that the entire process could be challenged in court as
recruitment into the Police Force is the responsibility of the
commission.
The
source said the IGP does not have the mandate to carry out any
recruitment into the police. The source further said already the
commission is aware that the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu
Buhari, Abba Kyari had written the Finance and Budget ministers to
review budget proposals made to the commission for the recruitment
exercise.
The
source said Kyari had requested the two ministers to review the
recruitment budget of the commission, recommend funding option and
revert on or before today, February 19, 2018.
When
contacted yesterday the spokesman of the PSC Ikechukwu Ani refused to
comment, but said only the Chairman of the Commission Mike Okiro could
speak on the matter.
However,
sources familiar with the planned recruitment exercise by the IGP, said
recruitment into the rank and file of the police can be done
exclusively by the IGP.
The
police source said the IGP obtained a presidential approval to carry out
recruitment of thirty one thousand police men at the rank of constable
for five years.
The source added that the commission is only responsible for recruiting into the officer’s cadre of the Police.
The spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Jimoh Moshood could not be reached at the time of filing this report.
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