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Nigeria’s police forces have announced a special exercise of the departmental selection commission for the inspectors who were recruited in 2000 and were not promoted to the degree of police superintendent assistant (ASP), learned Saharareporters.
A document dated May 5, 2025 and signed by Aig Fom Pam Joseph, secretary of force, on behalf of the police inspector, has announced the move for some time.
The Directive, which was sent to all general police inspectors, general police inspectors in 17 areas, police commissioners at national level and commanders of all police training institutions, instructs that the interview exercise is conducted between 19 and 30 May 2025.
The letter, with the reference number PSC/PP/1095/III/226, recites in part: “I refer to the Inspector General of the approval of the police saw letter no. EC: 2300/IGP.SEC/Abj/Vol.30/48 dated 23 April/20/204/204/220 EC: 2300/Wel/FHQ/Abj/Vol.47/49 DTO: 231330/05/2024 Letter of the PCC/PP/1095/III/226 Police Service Commission dated February 15, 2025 and forward the list of police inspectors provided for a special departmental selection commission for recruited recruited in enrollment in the year 2000 which must still be promoted as as.
The document also outlines that the police inspectors of the Zonal Assistant will chair the selection committee in their respective areas and will be commissioned to ensure that only the agents listed in the program attached in their jurisdictions are interviewed.
The Memo states: “Attached is the present the distribution of the inspectors according to their zonal commands (Appendix” A “A” R “). The inspectors of the Zonal assistant – the police general is to serve as presidents of the Council in their respective areas and ensure that the inspectors on the attached list are interviewees and the exercise is to be presents from May 19, 2025.”
A total of 4,395 police staff were enrolled for the interview, cutting various areas. The details are as follows: Abuja HQ – 368, area 1 Kano – 153, area 2 Lagos – 760, area 3 Yola – 126, area 4 Makurdi – 212, area 5 Benin – 542, area 6 Calabar – 92, area 7 Abuja – 452, area 8 Lokoja – 90, areas 98, zones – zones – zones – zones 188 Sokoto – 60, 60 osogo area – 243, area 12 Bauchi – 55, area 13 Ukpo Dunukofia – 194, area 14 Katsina – 298, area 15 Maiduguri – 114, area 16 Yenagoa – 323 and areas 17 Akure – 125.
This announcement arrives in a growing frustration among the rank officers and files, some of which have spent years blocked in the same rank despite meeting all the requirements for promotion.
The reports also focused on how some discontented officers of the Nigerian police had raised the alarm for what they described as a systemic exclusion of basic officers from the progression of the career in strength, following the cancellation of the Advanced Studies Command (Ascon) program.
The Ascon is a path once available for graduation and HND owners who entered the force using their senior secondary certificate examination (SSCE).
In exclusive interviews with Saharareporter, the officers – initially recruited in force with SSCE qualifications, but who later obtained their university degree – made their hope of career advancement.
According to one of the officers who spoke to Saharareporter, once the Nigeria police forces had a clear path for the progress of the career through the Ascon program, in particular for the officers who joined SScne but later they acquired higher qualifications such as HCNS or Degree University.
Based on the old system, these officials could request an ascon training and, upon completion successfully, they were automatically promoted to the degree of police superintendent assistant (ASP).
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