There were strong indications yesterday that the Police Service Commission (PSC) may have suspended the final phase of selecting 10,000 successful candidates for recruitment into the Nigeria Police.
New Telegraph gathered from highly placed sources that the decision to suspend the last phase (final selection) was informed by pressure from some National Assembly members.
The bone of contention, it was gathered, is the alleged demand that the Commission adopt the “local government by local government” arrangement.
This request was said to have been rejected by the Commission, which insisted on sticking to the “state-by-state” tradition, in accordance with the federal character principle.
Investigations further revealed that the Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, had allegedly written to the PSC, wherein he was said to have reminded the Commission that it (PSC) has since ceded the power to recruit Constables to the Police.
One of the sources, who spoke in confidence with this New Telegraph said the chairman and other commissioners have since left Jigawa. “I’m not speaking to you officially, but I want to inform you that the Commission has suspended the last phase, which is the final selection of the 10,000 successful candidate for training.
“The suspension – please note this – of this phase, is because the signals the Commission is getting is not clear at all. Some highly placed personalities are insisting that the local government-by-local government arrangement be adopted.
The leadership of the Commission insisted on sticking to the state-by-state tradition, which, they believe, is what the constitution and the federal character principle favour,” he said.
New Telegraph gathered from highly placed sources that the decision to suspend the last phase (final selection) was informed by pressure from some National Assembly members.
The bone of contention, it was gathered, is the alleged demand that the Commission adopt the “local government by local government” arrangement.
This request was said to have been rejected by the Commission, which insisted on sticking to the “state-by-state” tradition, in accordance with the federal character principle.
Investigations further revealed that the Inspector- General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, had allegedly written to the PSC, wherein he was said to have reminded the Commission that it (PSC) has since ceded the power to recruit Constables to the Police.
One of the sources, who spoke in confidence with this New Telegraph said the chairman and other commissioners have since left Jigawa. “I’m not speaking to you officially, but I want to inform you that the Commission has suspended the last phase, which is the final selection of the 10,000 successful candidate for training.
“The suspension – please note this – of this phase, is because the signals the Commission is getting is not clear at all. Some highly placed personalities are insisting that the local government-by-local government arrangement be adopted.
The leadership of the Commission insisted on sticking to the state-by-state tradition, which, they believe, is what the constitution and the federal character principle favour,” he said.
