Nigeria Police Recruitment Update| NPF Screening Date 2022

Ongoing 2021 Recruitment of Police Constables: Physical and Credential Screening Holds February 1 to 20, 2022

•IGP Assures Statutory Entry Requirements would be followed to the letter

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) invites all candidates who successfully completed their online recruitment registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment exercise into the NPF (Police Constables), for physical and credential screening.

The screening exercise which is being conducted by the Force in conjunction with the Police Service Commission (PSC), is scheduled to hold at designated venues in States across the Federation and FCT, from Tuesday, 1/2/2022 through to Sunday, 20/2/2022, from 0800hrs daily.

Consequently, all applicants are to proceed to their respective State of Origin and appear at the various screening centres in their clean white T-shirts and shorts with the following mandatory basic screening requirements, neatly arranged in two white flat files with recent passport photographs attached:

i. National Identity Number (NIN);

ii. Original and duplicate copies of credentials – O’ Level Result(s), Certificate of Origin and Birth Certificate/Declaration of Age;

iii. Printout of application submission confirmation/profile page

iv. Duly completed Guarantor’s form Any candidate who fails to present (i –iv) above, will not be considered for screening.

Applicants are equally advised to pay attention to detailed and specific guidelines on the screening exercise for each State, particularly, the location of screening and dates of screening per LGA, which will be announced by the PPROs in the 36 – States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc has assured that the Statutory Entry Requirements into the Force as clearly stated in the Police Act and Regulations, would be followed to the letter.

He noted that officials deployed for the exercise have been directed to ensure that all applicants shortlisted are allowed to participate and to recommend their suitability or otherwise in the spirit of transparency, accountability and fair hearing using the already established benchmarks as contained in the Act. The IGP further noted that a total of 135,027 valid applications were received in the online registration exercise.