January 31, (THEWILL) – The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, says Nigeria needs the right police personnel officers with ”mental mobility and fertile minds” to relate effectively with the public.
A statement by Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, said Arase spoke when he paid a courtesy visit to the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede.
Arase said the focus of discussion during the visit was on the process of engaging JAMB to conduct Computer Based Tests for applicants seeking employment into Constable Cadre of the Nigeria Police.
The PSC boss, who emphasised the urgent need for a paradigm shift in the recruitment of Nigerian youths into the police, said the Police Force he joined 42 years ago was knowledge-based, and made up of officers who could relate with the public and engender love and confidence.
“If the commission can get 50 percent high flyers with this recruitment, the progression to a better and effective police service would have started. Mentally mobile policemen will have self-confidence and capable of discharging their duties creditably”, Arase said.
Arase disclosed that going forward, the JAMB computer based tests will be conducted for applicants before the screening exercises, to weed out those with questionable certificates.
In his remark, the JAMB registrar commended Arase for the visit and pledged to support the commission in its project to change the narrative of the Nigeria Police for good.
He urged the PSC boss to take note of the peculiarities of the country’s diverse population and get the best for every state and zone in the recruitment process.
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