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Pregnant women, amputees, others barred from Police recruitment

The Nigeria Police Force on Monday announced that pregnant women, amputees, and other categories of persons are barred from its 2021 recruitment exercise.

According to the announcement which was made public with the launch of its online application portal, it said, “Female applicants must not be pregnant at the time of recruitment.”

Other categories of persons who have been barred from applying include people with amputation on any part of the body, bow legs, and bent knees which was described as “knees which cannot be straightened when standing at attention.”

The force also stated that applicants must be free from any “pecuniary embarrassment.”

Also, applicants with impediment of speech, knocked knees, and defective eye sight/squint eyes, would not be accepted for enlistment into the Force.

Applications are to be done online as the application portal is currently open.

WALE ELEGBEDE

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