The staff of the Police Service Commission(PSC), in Abuja, have protested the alleged hijack of the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 constables by the Police Force Headquarters.
The workers who shut down the commission’s headquarters were also protesting over the lack of staff promotion and training by the management and declared a three-day warning strike, beginning from yesterday.
They accused the chairman of the commission, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police, of handing over the constitutional mandate of the commission to the police force headquarters.
The workers in their hundreds took the senior officials by surprise as they forced the Permanent Secretary, William Alo, directors, and other senior staff out of their offices during the protest.
At the time of filing this report, the workers were still at the commission’s headquarters, where the protesters barricaded the entrances leading to the office and prevented anyone from gaining access.
