Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba says the Nigeria Police will soon begin the recruitment of 20,000 junior police officers.
The IGP gave the hint on Tuesday evening when he paid a working visit to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State at the State Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan.
Baba informed the governor that Nigeria Police has every intention to increase its strength in terms of junior police officers’ recruitment.
He said it had overcome all the issues that had been delaying the recruitment process, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari has given approval for the recruitment.
He assured the state government that every local government area would benefit from the recruitment, saying that the recruited officers would serve in their respective local government areas after training.
The IGP said that the recruitment exercise would not only expand the capacity of the force in combating crime, but also emboldened its community policing strategy.