CUSTOM OPENINGS: OVER 573,000 PERSONS APPLY FOR 3,927 JOBS
Anthony Ekpo Bassey
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says that barely a week after opening the portal, it has received 573,519 applications for its 2024/2025 ongoing recruitment exercise.
National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed that 573,519 applicants had applied for the limited openings for 3,927 positions and said that the NCS have two categories of officers; support staff and general duty officers. "I want to break down the number of people that applied. We have two categories of officers: support staff, who are professionals, and general duty officers. For general duty, we have three categories of ranks. Under the superintendent cadre (general duty), we have 249,218 candidates who applied." Maiwada, stated.
The PRO further stated that: "under the superintendent cadre (support staff), he said, “We have 27,722 applicants with HNDs and university degrees. For the inspector cadre, which includes those expected to apply with a National Certificate in Education (NCE) or a National Diploma, we have 115,634 applicants for general duty and 12,952 for support staff. As for the customs assistant cadre, these are applicants expected to apply with secondary school certificates. There are two categories: those who have a minimum of five credits, including Mathematics and English, and those without Mathematics and English. For general duty, we have 153,593 applicants, while for support staff, we have 14,400."
Meanwhile, Nigerians are hopeful that parastatals, as well as ministries, departments, and agencies of government at both state and federal levels, will openly declare vacancies wherever available in order to decongestover-bloated labour market.
