573,519 applicants are jostling for 3,927 job positions in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The NCS National Public Relations Officer (PRO),Abdullahi Maiwada who disclosed this while giving an update on the process, said that it received 3,927 job positions for its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, just a week after opening the portal.
Breaking down the number of people that applied, Maiwada said, ” 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″.
It would be recalled that Finance Minister Olawale Edun had earlier confirmed that the Federal Government approved the recruitment of 3,927 officers into the NCS.
