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Nigeria now to recruit 30,000 policemen annually - PSC reveals

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said it would annually recruit at least 30,000 personnel into the country’s law enforcement agency in order to address what it described as a noticeable shortfall of officers in the system.

Vanguard reports that the commissioner representing human rights, north central in the PSC, Rommy Mom, disclosed this in Makurdi during an interactive session with police personnel and officers in the zone.

The report quoted Mom as saying Nigeria is seriously under-policed with the country grappling with less than 350,000 officials.

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“With this figure we have a ratio of 32 police officers to almost 800 Nigerians which is grossly in adequate. That is far below the international standards which should be 132 to 100,000 persons. So we will annually recruit 30,000 personnel until we address the shortfall.

“No doubt Our personnel are very small, they are also living in conditions that could be much better in terms of the challenges they face on their jobs.

According to the report, Mom stated that because the police is expected to play a major role in ensuring the success of the coming general elections, the PSC had set mechanism in motion to monitor the conduct of the men of the force.

The commissioner of police in Benue, Omololu Bishi, reportedly said the police had a duty to ensure that the coming general elections were free, fair and credible charged them to be professional in the discharge of that responsibilities.

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“The success of that election is with us, if we are unbiased and ensure that we provide adequate security and level playing field for all, it woulda certainly be successful,” Bishi was quoted as saying.

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of zone 8, Adekunle Oladunjoye, recently warned policemen against misconduct and other negative actions that could further tranish the image of the force.

The Police Zone 2 AIG, comprising Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara, gave the warning on Friday, January 18, in Lokoja while addressing men and officers of the Kogi state command of the Nigeria Police. Read more: http://bit.ly/2ASb8bm

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