Cynthia Ezegwu
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) to immediately conclude the ongoing upload of applicant information for the nationwide paramilitary recruitment exercise.
The directive followed mounting complaints from applicants who said they had been unable to track the progress of their submissions or determine their status weeks after completing various stages of the recruitment process.
In a post on his official Facebook page on Friday, Tunji-Ojo acknowledged the challenges faced by applicants, attributing them to delays in the data upload process.
“Following recent complaints from applicants into the paramilitary agencies who are still unable to determine their fate due to the ongoing upload of information, I have directed the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board to ensure that all uploads are completed immediately,” the minister stated.
The CDCFIB had earlier announced on Thursday that applicants could begin checking their recruitment status from Friday. However, many users reported experiencing glitches on the recruitment portal.
Some applicants said the website failed to respond after they entered their login details, while others complained that their dashboards displayed job categories different from those they had applied for.
Several users also claimed their names were missing from the portal entirely.
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A social media user, identified as #msg_snr, posted:
“Who else is seeing this? The applicant applied for NIS, and to this point, the guarantor’s form is showing Fire Service. Yet, on the dashboard, it showed his NIS entries for ASI II (General Duties). Is this a glitch or a typo?”
Another user, #Prince3255, shared a screenshot of an error message and alleged that some recruitment slots might have been shared among top officials and politicians.
Reports indicate that about 1.9 million applicants are competing for roughly 30,000 vacancies across the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service, and Nigerian Correctional Service.
The Ministry of Interior and the CDCFIB are expected to provide an update once the data upload is fully completed.