Nigeria Customs Releases Update on Recruitment
The Nigeria Customs Service has released figures showing the number of applicants in its ongoing recruitment.
The NCS seeks to employ qualified Nigerians for various roles as professionals and general duty officer.
The roles are based on candidates’ qualifications and range from secondary school certificate holders to B.Sc. and HND graduates.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it received 573,519 applications for its recently concluded 2024/2025 recruitment exercise.
The applications submitted through the NCS recruitment portal far exceed the available positions approved by the federal government.
Providing a breakdown of the applications from Nigerians, Abdullahi Maiwada, the NCS national public relations officer, said the applications spanned various educational qualifications, including university degrees, Higher National Diplomas (HND), and secondary school certificates.
Maiwada explained: “The service has two categories of officers: the support staff, who are professionals, and the general duty officers.”
The NCS assured Nigerians that the recruitment process would be transparent and merit-based, ensuring only the most qualified candidates were selected.
Breakdown of Applications: Superintendent Cadre (General Duty): 249,218,000 applications received. Superintendent Cadre (Support Staff): 27,722,000 candidates with HNDs and university degrees applied. Inspector Cadre: General Duty: 115,634 applications.
Support Staff: 12,952 applications. Customs Assistants: General Duty: 153,593,000 applications (for secondary school certificate holders with five credits, including Maths and English). Support Staff: 14,400 applications (for those without Maths and English).
The NCS recruitment exercise figures highlight the country’s unemployment levels and the high demand for public sector jobs in Nigeria.
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