The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police force under his administration will recruit 31,000 officers yearly for the next five years to effectively fight crime in the country.
Idris said the exercise would enable the agency to meet up with the United Nations standard of one policeman per four persons in every part of the country.
The IG gave the hint at the commissioning of the new Nasarawa State Police Command Headquarters on Shendam Road, Lafia.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura called on the IGP to raise the standard requirement in the recruitment of candidates to certain level above what it is at present.
