The Chairman of Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr. Mike Okiro, said the recruitment of 10,000 policemen into the Force would commence in March.
Okiro disclosed this on Friday night in Lagos during the Achiever’s Award held in his honour by the New Telegraph Newspapers.
He, however, did not mention the date and places the recruitment would start; stressing that lack of fund to implement the project had delayed the exercise.
Okiro, who was the 13th indigenous Inspector-General of Police (I-G), noted that the current number of police officers were inadequate to the Nigeria population.
President Muhammadu Buhari, on August 17, 2015 had announced plans by the federal government to recruit 10,000 new police officers.
Okiro said while he was an I-G, about 15,646 men and women were recruited into the police, stressing that 4,443 officers and men were promoted same period.
He said he recruited 82 aircraft engineers and more than 20 pilots, while about 1,142 disciplinary matters against officers and men were treated by his administration.
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