CONSTABLE RECRUITMENT: BOARD CONFIRMS 20 CENTRES FOR MEDICAL SCREENING AS ARASE PRAYS FOR SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE

 

Story by Iyiola Ayomide

POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION 

The Police Recruitment Board set up by the Police Service Commission to midwife the ongoing recruitment of Nigerians into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed twenty centres for the Medical screening for successful and shortlisted applicants from the just concluded computer based tests conducted by the Joint Admission and Martriculation Board, JAMB.

The medical screening is one of the several processes put in place by the Board to evaluate the applicants for suitability for the job.

The applicants had earlier been subjected to physical and credentials screening and later the Computer based test and will  on April 16th, 2024 undergo the last of the screenings with the medical examination. The medical screening will last for two weeks.

The 20 centres selected for the exercise  are ; Zone 1 Kano; Police cottage hospital Bompai, Kano; Zone 2 Lagos; Police College Ikeja; Zone 3 Yola, Police Clinic Yola; Zone 4, Makurdi, Police Clinic  Makurdi; Zone 5 , Benin, Police Cottage hospital,  Benin and Zone 6, Calabar, Police hospital  Calabar.Other centres are, Zone 7, Abuja, MD Abubakar Police Hospital  Dei Dei Abuja; Zone 8 Lokoja, Police Clinic, Lokoja; Zone 9 , Umuahia, Police Hospital Umuahia, Zone 10, Sokoto, PTS Clinic Sokoto;

 Zone 11 Osogbo, Police Hospital  Osogbo; Zone12 Bauchi, PTS Clinic Bauchi; Zone 13 Ukpo, Police Hospital Awka; Zone 14, Katsina, Ibrahim Coomassie Cottage Hospital  Katsina; Zone 15 Maiduguri, Police College, Maiduguri and Zone 16,  yenagoa, Zone 16 Headquarters Yenagoa.

The other four centres are; Zone 17, Akure, Police Hospital Akure; Zone 18, Yobe, Utral Modern Police Hospital, Gashua Road, Damaturu; Zone 19, Kaduna, Police College Clinic Kaduna and Zone 20, Gusau,  Police Secondary School clinic Zaria Road Gusau.

The candidates for the medical screening have already been contacted on the dates and time for their screening. 

Chairman of the Commission,  Dr. Solomon Arase, CFR, retired Inspector General of Police has prayed for a successful conclusion of the recruitment exercise. 

He advised the applicants to ensure that they keep to the dates and time allocated to them, adding that medical professionals have been selected to examine their medical status which is one of the requirements for the recruitment. 

Dr. Arase said successful applicants will report at designated Police Colleges for the mandatory training. 

The Police Recruitment Board has Chief Onyemuche Nnamani Commissioner of the Police Service Commission as Chairman and assisted by DIG Frank Mbah, DIG Training.  Deputy Commissioner of Police Bode Akinbamilowo is Secretary of the Board and Assisted by   Sanusi Yusuf, an Assistant Director  with the Police Service Commission. 

Membership of the Board are drawn from the Police Service Commission, Nigeria Police Force, Ministry of Police Affairs, Federal Character Commission,  Police Trust Fund and Police Colleges. 

Ikechukwu Ani 

Head Press and Public Relations 

Thursday,  April 4th 2024