5 September 2008
A total of 3851 people have applied for only 200 slots in the on-going recruitment of constables into the Nigeria Police Force in Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recruitment exercise in Jos received applications from all the 17 council areas of the state.
NAN gathered that 5,000 forms were sold by the police authority with the minimum educational requirement pegged at five Ordinary Level credits including Mathematics and English.
"I have five credits including English and D7 in Mathematics but I was disqualified and I saw people with only three credits without Mathematics being taken," Mary Nanchang alleged. Some applicants queried what constables needed a credit in Mathematics for and that the minimum requirements should have been indicated in the forms. The applicants alleged that they were made to pay N1,200 for medical tests at the Police Clinic, saying they paid about N4,000 each on different charges. The police authority said 3,851 people submitted their forms while the minimum educational qualification was five credits or passes in five subjects including English and Mathematics.
The state spokesperson, Bala Kassim, said meeting the minimum educational standard did not mean automatic qualification. According to him, other factors such as height and age were among the requirements.
(NAN)
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