New constables’ training begins August 10 – PSC

The Police Service Commission on Thursday said successful candidates from the 2022 police constable recruitment exercise are expected to commence their training at various police colleges in the country on August 10.

The commission added that candidates expected to report for training are those who confirmed their status in the police recruitment portal.

In a statement on Thursday, the commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations,  Ikechukwu Ani said the candidates’ names were already with the management of the college.

Ani said, “Successful candidates of the just concluded 2022 Police Recruitment exercise are expected to resume training this Saturday,  August 10th, 2024, in different Police colleges in the country. The resumption will last from the 10th to the 20th of August.

“The candidates expected to report for training are those who confirmed their status in the Police Recruitment Portal. The names of the candidates are already with the Management of the Colleges, and we will only admit persons whose names are on the list.”

Ani said the commission has stopped using the former portal where names were initially released.

He added that this was a result of the decision reached after meeting with the police management.

He said, “The Commission wishes to state that it has rested the previous Portal, where names were initially released after an elaborate meeting with the Police Management and where it was agreed that the Portal used from the beginning of the exercise should be sustained till the end to ensure fairness, justice and inclusivity in the recruitment process.

“Only candidates whose names appeared on the agreed Portal or who received official messages inviting him/her to report at the Colleges will be allowed for the training. “

Ani also said the commission had started sending messages to specialists who are expected to commence their training from September 28, to October 10,.

He said, “Messages are currently being sent to successful candidates including Specialists who are to report for training between the 28th of September and 10th of October, 2024.”

Ani, while conveying the message of the PSC chairman, DIG Hashimu Argungu retd, urged the candidates to ensure that they report to the Colleges on the exact dates required of them.

“He said the Commission will continue to monitor their progress throughout their stay in the training colleges to ensure they come out fully prepared to serve the nation and contribute to the fight to rescue the nation from banditry and terrorism.

“Dr. Argungu said the Commission staff would be sent to the Colleges to monitor their conduct and disposition to the training.

He assured that the commission will continue to provide the enabling environment for them to give their best to the Nigerian nation.

“He congratulated them on their success throughout the stages of the recruitment and enjoined them to be committed to the training so that at the end of the training exercise they would have improved themselves and ready to face the challenges that lay ahead of them,” the statement added.

The PUNCH reports that after several weeks of dispute over the recruitment of 10000 constables, the PSC and police settled their differences in July.

The police had alleged that some qualified candidates were replaced with unqualified ones and demanded a cancellation of the entire process.

The PSC, however, denied the allegation and flatly rejected the demand for cancellation.

But in a statement on July 30, the force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi said the two bodies had resolved their differences.