The Nation Newspaper IGP’s grouse about constables’ recruitment
Nothing bears this out more eloquently than the reaction of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun to the list of successful 10,000 police constables just made public by the PSC. The PSC had in a statement on July 4 said it received the report of the Police Recruitment Board in which 9,000 candidates were approved for recruitment for general duty with 1,000 candidates recruited for the specialist cadre.
Specifically, the NPF alleged 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. The list is also said to contain names of candidates who failed either the Computer Based Test or the physical screening and worse still, those disqualified after being found medically unfit.That is not all.
The starting point for this proof is for the list of successful candidates and that of the police to be subjected to forensic audit using the Computer Based Test results conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board JAMB, the PSC demanded. One is not inclined to believe that the NPF could bandy these claims if they do not have the facts correct. That would amount to a serious indictment on that key institution. The credibility of the IGP is at stake. And the only way out is for President Tinubu to order serious investigations into the issues in contention.
There is the temptation to blame the IGP for not coming to terms with the reality of the Supreme Court ruling and the constitutional provision on recruitment into the police force. That may not be completely ruled out. But that should neither whittle down nor blur the larger issues in respect of unwholesome practices in the recent recruitment of police constables.
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