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May 11, 2019
The Nigeria Police Force has concluded plansto engage thousands of Special Constables to work with conventional policemenin communities. This is part of measures to check rising insecurity in the faceof insufficient manpower.
The Force Public Relations Officer Frank Mba,confirmed the plan and explained that the candidates for the constabulary wouldbe between the ages of twenty one to fifty, and must be physically fit andgainfully employed.
The recruitment of the officers has receivedpresidential backing and it is expected to commence soon in Kaduna and othernorthern states where the traditional emirate and district structures supportthe system.
It was further learnt that the police hadpresented the idea to the state governors who were said to have bought into thescheme.The men, who will not bearmed, are expected to handle charge room and administrative duties, crowdcontrol, accident scene duties, alternative dispute resolution and other lesssensitive and less risky functions.