The Joint Staff Union of the Police Service Commission has debunked claims by the Nigeria Police Force that the Recruitment Board was crippled and was not allowed to function during the recent recruitment of 10,000 civilians into the police force.
Nigerian Police Force had in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, alleged irregularities in the just concluded recruitment exercise.
According to ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, upon scrutiny of the list released on the PSC portal, it was discovered that several names of persons purported to be names of successful candidates are those who did not even apply and therefore did not take part in the recruitment exercise.
But in a swift reaction to the allegations, Chairmen of the Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission, Ogundeji Remi Ally and Adoyi A. Adoyi, Chairman, NCSU. Chairman, ASCSN, in a joint media statement, expressed regret that, despite the obvious powers of the Police Service Commission, PSC, as clearly spelt out by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the subsequent interpretation of such powers by the Supreme Court, the Nigeria Police Force will still not allow the Commission exercise its constitutional duty to appoint persons into the Nigeria Police Force.
The chairmen noted that, after the Commission got a judgement from the Supreme Court on the 11th of July, 2023 re-affirming its powers to amongst other things, appoint qualified Nigerians into the Police Force as stipulated in the paragraph 30 Part 1 of the Third Schedule of the Nigerian Constitution.
The Board had representatives from virtually all the stakeholders in the Police Sector such as the Commission, the Police, the Ministry of Police Affairs, the Federal Character Commission, the Police Colleges and the Police Trust Fund.
In the statement titled, On JAMB CBT we stand, the Commission says it is at a loss as to why it is only during recruitment exercises that Police confrontation manifests suggesting obvious hidden interests and corrupt tendencies, adding that the Board severally met before the release of the list of successful candidates.
The Commission further explained that the same Board met and endorsed the list that was released on the 4th of June, 2024 at their usual meeting point, PSC Corporate Headquarters, with the D.I.G Training, Frank Mba and other Police representatives in attendance.
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