By Jon Egie
Police Recruitment Board has confirmed 20 centres for medical screening of shortlisted applicants.
The board was set up by the Police Service Commission, PSC for the purpose of midwifing the recruitment of Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.
Over 400,000 applications were received but only 30,000 will be recruited.
The medical screening is one of the several processes in place to evaluate applicants suitability for the job.
Early on, applicants had been subjected to physical and credentials screening and later Computer Based Tests, CBTs organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
The last part of screenings and medical examination will hold on April 16. A statement issued by the Police Service Commission, PSC’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani said the exercise will last two weeks.
The 20 centres selected for the exercise are: Zone 1, Kano: Police Cottage Hospital, Bompai, Kano; Zone 2, Lagos: Police College, Ikeja; Zone 3, Yola: Police Clinic, Yola; Zone 4, Makurdi: Police Clinic, Makurdi; Zone 5, Benin: Police Cottage Hospital, Benin; and Zone 6, Calabar: Police Hospital, Calabar.
Other centres are: Zone 7, Abuja: MD Abubakar Police Hospital, Dei Dei, Abuja; Zone 8, Lokoja: Police Clinic, Lokoja; Zone 9, Umuahia: Police Hospital, Umuahia; Zone 10, Sokoto: PTS Clinic, Sokoto; Zone 11, Osogbo, Police Hospital, Osogbo; Zone 12, Bauchi: PTS Clinic, Bauchi; Zone 13, Ukpo: Police Hospital, Awka; Zone 14, Katsina: Ibrahim Coomassie Cottage Hospital, Katsina; Zone 15, Maiduguri: Police College, Maiduguri; and Zone 16, Yenagoa: Zone 16 Headquarters, Yenagoa.
The statement added: “The other four centres are: Zone 17, Akure: Police Hospital, Akure; Zone 18, Yobe: Utral Modern Police Hospital, Gashua Road, Damaturu; Zone 19, Kaduna: Police College Clinic, Kaduna; and Zone 20, Gusau: Police Secondary School Clinic, Zaria Road, Gusau.”
All candidates for the screening exercise have been contacted on dates and time of their Individual screening and PSC Chairman, Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police(IGP) wished them a successful recruitment exercise.
Credit: The Nation
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