Tunde Mobayo, The Commissioner of Police for Ekiti State, has state that police constables currently being recruited by the Nigeria Police across the country would be deployed in their respective local government areas.
He said that the decision to deploy the constables to their Local Governments is ideal as they would be more familiar to their terrain that others.
The recruitment process has started for 10,000 new police officers to join the force with recruitment portals open for interested applicants. The federal government has also approved the sum of about N13 billion for the take-off of its community policing initiative which is expected to bring crime-fighting closer to the local communities. The project is also expected to bring security closer to the people with the involvement of community leaders and other local groups.
Mobayo speaking on Wednesday through the police public relations officer, Sunday Abutu, said the recruitment was in response to an urgent need for more officers in the force.
“The Inspector-General of Police deemed it fit to recruit more hands into the Nigeria Police Force due to, firstly the lack of manpower in the force, and also insecurity challenges in our country,”
“So, with the new 10,000 personnel to be employed, we will be able to cover more grounds in the system.
“The essence of it is that they work in their respective states and even their local government area so as to have adequate personnel at the grassroots to fight crime.”
