Mr. Ekpe Ferdinand U.

POLICE RECRUITMENT DEPARTMENT

The Department is structured into two [2] Divisions as follows:

  1. Appointment and Recruitment; and
  2. Retirement and Gazetting.

FUNCTIONS:

  • Recruitment of Police Constables;
  • Appointment of Cadet ASPs and Inspectors for training in the Police Academy;
  • Appointment of Specialists in the Police such as; Medical Doctors, Veterinary Doctors, Technicians, etc;
  • Security check of recruited candidates in the NPF;
  • Checking the validity and correctness of personnel data of candidates;
  • Processing of applications for retirement;
  • Gazetting of appointment and retirement of Police Officers;
  • Maintaining up-to-date Nominal Roll of members of the NPF and Personnel Audit;
  • Processing of Appeals and Petitions relating to retirement;
  • Administering polygraph test on candidates;
  • Distributing Appointment Letters to Cadets in Training;
  • Preparing periodic reports of the Department;
  • Preparing Annual Departmental Budget;
  • Serving as Secretariat to the Recruitment Board;
  • Formulation of Procedures relating to Recruitment to the Commission; and,
  • Performing other duties that may be assigned by the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Commission.