Customs says published recruitment list is not final appointment
The Nigeria Customs Service says candidates on its published recruitment list are not guaranteed appointment because final screening is still ongoing. Training was scheduled to begin on October 9, 2026, at the Customs Training College, but more than 500 applicants say they have not received invitations.
What the institution said
The Nigeria Customs Service says appearing on its published recruitment list does not guarantee appointment.
“candidates whose names appeared on its published recruitment list are not automatically guaranteed appointment”
Final screening is still ongoing before successful applicants are admitted for training.
“final screening is still ongoing before successful applicants are admitted for training”
Training was scheduled to commence on Friday.
“had yet to receive invitations for training scheduled to commence on Friday”
More than 500 applicants said they were left uncertain about their status.
“include more than 500 applicants who said they had been left uncertain about their status”
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Invitations to the training reportedly stopped on Monday.
“invitations to the training reportedly stopped on Monday”
Customs spokesman Abdullahi Maiwada spoke to The PUNCH exclusively on Wednesday.
“Abdullahi Maiwada, told The PUNCH exclusively on Wednesday”
Maiwada is the Customs spokesman and a Deputy Comptroller of Customs.
“the Customs spokesman and Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada”
Age above the threshold leads to disqualification.
“If your age is above the threshold, you will be disqualified”
Inconsistencies in credentials lead to disqualification.
“If there are inconsistencies in your credentials, you will be disqualified”
Detected forgeries lead to disqualification.
“If there are forgeries detected, you will be disqualified”
Drug use, except tobacco and beer, leads to disqualification.
“any element of drugs except tobacco and beer, you will be disqualified”
Medical issues that prevent undergoing the rigour also lead to disqualification.
“If you have medical issues that wouldn’t warrant you to undergo that rigour, you would also be disqualified”
The Customs Service conducts annual drug tests for every serving officer regardless of rank.
“The service runs drug tests for every officer every year, no matter your ranking”
The recruitment exercise is the Nigeria Customs Service 2024/2025 exercise.
“the Nigeria Customs Service’s 2024/2025 recruitment exercise”
The recruitment began with an advertisement published on December 27, 2024.
“which began with an advertisement published on December 27, 2024”
The Service declared 3,927 vacancies.
“The Service declared 3,927 vacancies across the Superintendent, Inspectorate and Customs Assistant cadres”
The Service received 573,680 applications.
“and received 573,680 applications”
3,852 candidates were selected after screening and verification.
“After several stages of screening and verification, 3,852 candidates were selected”
The selected candidates represent 0.67 per cent of applicants.
“representing only 0.67 per cent of the applicants”
There was about one successful candidate for every 148 applicants.
“or about one successful candidate for every 148 applicants”
The successful candidates comprised 1,275 Superintendents, 367 Inspectors and 2,210 Customs Assistants.
“The successful candidates comprised 1,275 Superintendents, 367 Inspectors and 2,210 Customs Assistants”
Basic training was scheduled to begin on October 9, 2026, at the Customs Training College.
“for basic training scheduled to begin on October 9, 2026, at the Customs Training College”
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