Nigeria Customs Service records over 573,000 applications for 3,927 recruitment slots

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it received a staggering 573,519 applications for its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, which aimed to fill 3,927 vacant positions.

This was disclosed on Tuesday by NCS spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada, who confirmed the overwhelming response to the recruitment drive that lasted just one week.

The recruitment exercise followed an announcement by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Olawale Edun, who revealed that the Federal Government had approved the hiring of 3,927 officers into the Customs Service.

“I want to break down the number of people that applied. We have two categories of officers: we have the support staff that are professionals, and we have the general duty.

“For the general duty, we have three categories of ranks. For the general duty under the superintendent cadre, we have 249,218,000 candidates that applied.

“Under the superintendent cadre support staff cadre, we have 27,722,000 with HNDs and university degrees.

“For the inspector cadres, those expected to apply with their National Certificate for Education (NCE) or National Diploma, we have 115,634 applying for the general duty, and for support staff, we have 12,952.

“As for the customs assistants, these are those who are supposed to come in with secondary school certificates. There are two categories: those who have basic five-credit results with Maths and English and those without Maths and English. For the general duty, we have 153,593,000, while the support staff we have 14,400,” he stated.