No fewer than 15, 836 unemployed youths in Adamawa state have applied for enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force(NPF).
The entire applicants are jostling for 300 slots allocated to all the 21 Local Government Areas cut across the state.
All the LGAs in Adamawa are expected to get roughly 14 slots for its indigenes, so as to be in line with the provisions of Federal Character Commission.
A reliable source close to the headquarters of the state Police Command told NEWS PLATFORM that the command is only recruiting 300, being a number allocated to it by Police Service Commission in Abuja.
It was further learnt that 10,000 are expected to be recruited across the 774 LGAs in the country, a situation which has made thousands of the youths disappointed and without any hope of securing employment.
The source noted with fear the level of unemployment bedevilling the country, saying urgent action must be taken towards addressing joblessness before it consumes the nation.
Meanwhile, the state Police Command has said that it has successfully concluded credential and physical screening of applicants from 7 out of 21 LGAs.
The exercise has so far covered 6 Local Government Areas, among which are Madagali, Michika, Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha LGAs in Nothern and Gombi and Hong LGAs in Central zones respectively.
It disclosed that the LGAs penciled down for the exercise include Song, Toungo and Ganye, and urged the applicants from the LGAs to get prepared for their screening.
The Command in a statement by its spokesperson, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, and made available to NEWS PLATFORM in Yola on Monday, expressed the readiness of the Command to conducting peaceful, fair and just exercise.
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