The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it has received a staggering 573,519 applications for the 3,927 job positions available in its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, just one week after the portal was opened.
This follows an earlier confirmation by Finance Minister Olawale Edun, who disclosed that the Federal Government had approved the recruitment of 3,927 officers into the NCS.
Abdullahi Maiwada, the NCS National Public Relations Officer (PRO), provided the update, noting the overwhelming response to the recruitment drive.
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According to him, “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.
“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,” Maiwada stated.
