The Chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abu Ibrahim, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the suspension of the recruitment exercise into the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to resolve the clash between the Senate and the Police Service Commission, PSC.
Ibrahim stated this yesterday during a briefing at the National Assembly Complex, explaining that while the Senate wants the recruitment to be based on nine persons per local government, the PSC prefers that each state be given an opportunity to present equal number of persons.
The commission had in March this year begun the recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the NPF after Buhari had in 2015 approved the recruitment of 10,000 policemen at the National Security Summit in Abuja.
Some days ago, it was gathered that the Senate demanded that the recruitment of 10,000 personnel into the police force be suspended , citing irregularity in the criteria set for the exercise.
Ibrahim explained that the position of the Senate was informed by the need to ensure that more policemen are recruited from states with higher population, pointing out that even the policy of community policing would be better enhanced if policemen are recruited from the most rural areas in local government councils.
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