Reschedule police recruitment exercise to accommodate fasting Muslims — IHRC-RFT insists

The International Human Rights Commission – Relief Fund Trust (IHRC-RFT), Nigeria, has called connected the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to reschedule the recruitment screening for 50,000 Police Constables, presently slated to statesman connected 9th March 2026.

In a connection signed connected Friday by the Country Director, Amb. Abdullahi Bakoji Adamu, the enactment said the existent dates coincide with the beatified period of Ramadan, a play of fasting and spiritual observance for galore Muslim applicants.

The radical warned that the physically demanding screening could spot candidates astatine a disadvantage.

“We person received complaints from galore applicants indicating that the screening play coincides with Ramadan,” the connection read.

“Given the physically demanding quality of the exercise, the existent day whitethorn airs important hardship and inadvertently disadvantage qualified applicants.”

IHRC-RFT cited some the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ...