Gombe State is set to receive 1,056 newly recruited police officers as part of the Nigeria Police Force’s planned recruitment of 50,000 personnel nationwide, Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Department, DIG Zachariah Fera-Achinyan, has disclosed.
Achinyan made the announcement on Monday during a stakeholders’ engagement and consultative meeting with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police coordinating the North-East at the Gombe State Police Command headquarters.
According to him, each of the state’s 11 local government areas will receive 96 officers from the ongoing recruitment exercise to address the acute manpower shortage in the Force.
“You make mention of a lack of manpower. As my senior officer has rightly said, we have 50,000 policemen that are going to be recruited,” he said.
“Each local government has 11 local governments in Gombe. Each local government will get 96 policemen. So, with this number, I believe they are going
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