The Nigeria Customs Service today, April 17, 2019, began the process of recruiting about 3,200 personnel to fill existing vacancies within the agency.
The process began by 12:00 a.m. and last for three weeks.
The move, according to the Acting Deputy Comptroller-General, Human Resources, Customs, Umar Sanusi, is part of on-going reforms being implemented in the last four years under the leadership of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (rtd).
Sanusi, who disclosed this on Tuesday at a media briefing at the headquarters of the service in Abuja, said the recruitment exercise had the approval of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and is also in compliance with requirements of the Federal Character Commission, FCC.
Giving a breakdown of the 3,200 personnel to be recruited, Sanusi said that 800 persons would be recruited to fill vacancies in the support staff for Superintendent Cadre while 2,400 others would be employed under Customs Inspector and Customs Assistant cadre in the general duty categories.
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“Following the necessary approval from the Federal Executive Council, Nigeria Customs Service is now set to recruit officers and men to fill existing vacancies.
“Like all recruitment into positions in Federal Government agencies, applications for recruitment will be open to all eligible Nigerians who meet the requirements irrespective of their tribe, religion, state or any other consideration.
“In our bid to ensure equal and fair opportunity to all applicants, we are working every step of the recruitment process in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Character Commission,” he said.
Sanusi also disclosed that a web portal for applications has been created as a sub-domain of the NCS website giving the sub-site as www.vacancy.customs.gov.ng
While assuring a hitch free exercise, he said: “We are determined to conduct an exercise that is credible, fair and transparent. We will deploy all machinery within our powers to ensure that the integrity of the exercise is not compromised.
He said the recruitment exercise would be free for all participants as no application fees would be required from anyone.
