The Sensitization and Town Hall Forum of the Police Service Commission on Police Recruitment in Nigeria was held in Owerri, Imo State on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022. The purpose of the program is to sensitize and engage relevant stakeholders to encourage Nigerian youths, especially from the South East, to join the Nigeria Police Force. There has been a disturbing development from the Zone of glaring disinterest of Igbo youths in joining the Force.
The commission team in Imo State, led by Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Commissioner representing the South East, was confronted with reasons why the Igbo youths are not attracted to making a career in the police.
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, told the Forum pointedly that the Nigeria Police needs a clean-up. The Governor, represented by Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji, State Commissioner for Homeland Security and Vigilante Affairs, noted that if you are in a profession and people are not showing interest or “coming in there is a problem somewhere.”
Senator Uzodinma said the police urgently need image laundry, stressing that civility in any profession defines the profession.
The Governor said the state cannot afford not to pay keen attention to the Nigeria Police and that he has since made police and policing a priority in the state.
According to him, the state government has created a Ministry in charge of Homeland Security, adding that ”the more we achieve with soft power, the less we need hard power.”
The Chairman of the Imo State Traditional Institution and Community Policing, Eze (Dr) E.C. Okeke, Ezeimo, called for improved welfare for the men and officers of the force. We need to motivate them, improve their salaries, and equip them properly for the organization to attract the best minds.
The Chairman of the Royal Institution was represented by the Secretary of the Council, Eze Dr. Lucky Okoro.
The Commissioner of Police, Imo State, CP. Hussaini Rabiu told the Forum that the lack of interest by the South East was becoming worrisome. He disclosed that only 41 applicants turned up on Tuesday in the ongoing screening in three local government areas of the state.
He noted that “people don’t appreciate what they have until they lose it” He advised the Igbo youths that they had to start somewhere, adding that recruitment was the starting point.
CP Rabiu said the Igbo’s are marginalizing themselves, ” when you say you don’t want the Police, others will want it”
He commended the Commission for the initiative stressing that we should encourage our youths to join the police.
Earlier, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, Commissioner representing the South East in the Commission and leader of the delegation, said that there was a compelling and urgent need to encourage southeast youths to get into the police and take control of protecting their states.
Chief Nnamani also noted that there is a greater need to encourage our bright, brilliant, strong, and courageous young boys and girls to show interest.
He, however, advised that if the Southeast wants protection and a safe zone in the near future, ”we must invest in it.” There must be extra benefits and irresistible offers to get the right people to join the force, and in the not distant future, we will have the police force of our dreams.
The Commissioner said it is disturbing that even the small number of youths interested in making a career in the force are not usually aware of the entry period nor the conditions required for entry.
” I, therefore, recommend the creation of a Bureau of Employment and Career Development Unit in each of the five states to compile data of all prospective candidates with the aim of giving them accurate and timely information at all times. The Bureau can also prepare some of the candidates for future engagements by the different security arms and by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of Government”.
First, Chief Nnamani advised Southeast leaders to make security matters a top priority, adding, “We must have a reward system for performing police officers working in the southeast states. Secondly, a proper investment will impact the prestige of the job, which invariably leads to its attractiveness. Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press, and Public Relations led this press on Thursday, February 3rd, 2022.
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