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The Senate, on Thursday, directed the Police Service Commission (PSC), in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force, to recruit a minimum of ten candidates from each of the 774 Local Government Councils in Nigeria. The Senate also directed its Committee on Police Affairs and Legislative Compliance, to ensure compliance with the recruitment directive. The apex legislative Assembly took these decisions following its consideration of a motion titled: "Need for the Police Service Commission and the Nigerian Police Force to adhere to the federal character principle in the recruitment of constable into the Nigerian Police". The motion was sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Memga Udende, representing Benue North East on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He also noted that the current government under President Bola Tinubu was in continuation of the policy of recruiting 10,000 Police constables. According to him, the recruitment is supposed to be conducted based on the equality of Local Governments in view of the fact that it was for community policing. However, addressing journalists on the motion, Udende kicked against the establishment of State Police, explaining that the crazy mentality of some Nigerian politicians, especially the Governors, remained the reason he was opposed to the creation of state police.