Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi, the minister of police affairs, has called on Nigerians to treat it as fake news, a report trending on social media on the recruitment of 400,000 policemen.
The press secretary to the minister, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, said this in a statement on Thursday, September 2, in Abuja and seen by VAM News.
The federal government has said that the purported recruitment of 400,000 policemen is fake. Credit: Nigeria Police.
It was gathered that Dingyadi said the report was an act of mischief, targeted at misrepresenting the 40,000 recruitment of police constables approved by the federal government.
He said the misleading report claimed that the ministry of police affairs was working independently of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and the Nigeria Police Force to carry out the recruitment exercise.
Beware of false recruitment information
The minister added that the intention was to create platforms to defraud unsuspecting job seekers.
Dingyadi said:
“The misleading publication stated that the ministry of police affairs is working independently of the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to recruit four hundred thousand (400,000) policemen, with the intention of setting up platforms to defraud unsuspecting job seekers.
“Such committee does not exist in the ministry. For purposes of clarity, the recruitment of 40,000 police constables, approved by the Federal Government is being carried out in tranches of 10,000 per batch.”
He added that the first batch was successfully concluded in 2019 and that arrangements had reached an advanced stage to conclude the second batch of the process.
The minister also said the process was being carried out by relevant agencies responsible for the recruitment.
Dingyadi, however, enjoined the public to be circumspect of false recruitment information into the Nigeria Police and treat the purported recruitment of 400,000 policemen, in particular, as fake news.
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