News: Federal Character Commission Tasks PSC on Recruitment of 10,000 Policemen

Police Service Commission (PSC) - Acting executive chairman of the Federal Character Commission, FCC, Dr. Shettima Bukar Abba, has charged the Nigeria Police Force to ensure strict application of principle of fairness, equity and justice in the on-going police recruitment nationwide.

He gave the charge recently during a courtesy visit to his office by the chairman Police Service Commission, Mike Okiro (retd) and top echelon of the Police force to discuss the modalities for the recruitment of 10,000 police officers into the work force as directed by the President.

The acting executive chairman maintained that the principle of federal character should be considered in the recruitment without compromising merit.

This, he said, would go a long way to make the exercise transparent and meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.

According to him, “adhering to basic standards will make the process easy and credible.”

Abba also asked the commission to specifically take note of states like Bayelsa and Ebonyi in the South and North East zone, which were not adequately represented in the current analysis of the nominal roll of the police force.

He further enjoined the Police Service Commission to ensure fairness, equity and justice during the recruitment and have the assurance that the FCC would perform its constitutional role by ensuring proper monitoring and the enforcement of the principle of federal character during the exercise.

Source: Vanguard