Tuesday, January 16, 2024

416,270 UNEMPLOYED YOUTH SCRAMBLE FOR 30,000 POLICE JOB



A total of 416,270 unemployed Nigeria youth are being screened in the ongoing exercise for the recruitment of 30,000 constables.


According to the Police Service Commission, 136,177 candidates have been screened while 108,768 successfully uploaded, out of 416,270 youth jostling for 30,000 slots.


The candidates are being subjected to physical and credentials screening, a prelude to an aptitude test and other processes including medical examination.


In Adamawa State alone, no fewer than 29, 843, applicants have applied for 2023/2024 as confirmed to News Platform by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje.


Meanwhile, unconfirmed sources had it that the number of candidates that will be employed in Adamawa State is between 400 to 500 based the slots given to the state.


Several youth who applied for the job observed with utter dismay, the number of unemployed Nigerian youth who are scrambling for the job opportunities in country.


Some of them urged government to tackle rate of unemployment occasioned by population explosion and attributed insecurity and other social vices to joblessness.

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