The Police Service Commission (PSC) has described the conduct of the Computer Based Tests (CBT) conducted nationwide for applicants for the constable cadre as successful.
The exercise was successful in virtually all the 36 states of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.
Commission delegation across the states confirmed that there were no incidence of server hitches or breakdown of computers.
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The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police, said the exercise was a huge improvement from the previous exercises.
Smith, who was the national coordinator, said the commission would ensure that the success recorded would be sustained and improved upon.
According to a statement issued by the Head Press and Public Relations, PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, applicants shortlisted for the examination were those that were successful from the document and physical screening conducted nationwide earlier this year.
“Anambra State had the least number of applicants shortlisted for the exercise and who sat for the exams. Only 143 applicants were shortlisted and 134 showed up for the exam. The State is closely followed by Ebonyi State with 202 shortlisted applicants while 184 sat for the examination. Lagos state came third from the rear with 277 shortlisted applicants and 275 sitting for the exams.
“The figures for other South West states are; Ogun, 677 shortlisted, 648 sat for the exams; Osun; 1137 shortlisted, 1088 showed up for the exams; Ekiti; 727 shortlisted, 692 sat for the exams; Ondo, 1532 shortlisted, 1431 showed up; and Oyo, 954 shortlisted, 904 sat for the exams.
“The figures for the other South East states are; Enugu 400 shortlisted, 362 showed up; Imo, 506 shortlisted, 467 sat for the exams and Abia, 318 shortlisted, 294 showed up. The figures for South South Zone are; Akwa Ibom, 2263, shortlisted, 2195 sat for the exams; Cross Rivers, 1,350 were shortlisted, 1290 appeared for the exams; Rivers, 947 were shortlisted, 907 sat for the exams; Bayelsa, 502 were shortlisted, 462 showed up for the exams; Edo, 696 were shortlisted, 659 sat for the exams and Delta where 487 were shortlisted and 436 sat for the exams.
“For North East; 4063 applicants were shortlisted in Bornu while 3948 sat for the exams; 2163 were shortlisted in Taraba and 2082 showed up. In Gombe state, 2,204 were shortlisted and 2117 applicants sat for the exams; Adamawa had 4295 shortlisted with 4161 sitting for the exams with 3317 shortlisted candidates in Bauchi and 3226 sitting for the exams. Yobe had 1839 shortlisted candidates and 1841 sitting for the exams.
“The figures for some states in the North West are; Kaduna, 3733 shortlisted; 3585 sat for the exams, Kano, 3816 shortlisted, 3689 sat for the exams; Katsina had 4167 applicants shortlisted while 4051 sat for the exams. For North Central, Kogi had 2024, shortlisted and 1979, sitting for the exams; Plateau, 2274 shortlisted, 2185 showed up for the exams.4105 were shortlisted in Benue and 3444 sat for the exams while 2530 were shortlisted in Niger and 2444 sat for the exams. Kwara State had 1150 applicants shortlisted and 1096 showed up for exams and Federal Capital Territory Abuja had 551 shortlisted and 535 showed up for the exams”, he said.
Ani said the Commission had earlier organized a training programme for its staff where they were exposed to the rudiments of their assignment.
Successful candidates from the just concluded examination are expected to be invited for medical examination before they are sent on training at Police training colleges across the country.
The statement said the on- going exercise is for the year 2021.
