Nigeria Civil Defense Corps has shortlisted 5,000 names of successful of candidates in 2019 recruitment exercise.
Mrs Aisha Rufai, Secretary of Board who made the disclosure Thursday, at the Civil Defense Headquarters said applicants should proceed to the application portal, http://cdfipb.careers from 7th of January, 2022.
Rufai noted that only shortlisted candidates will be able to access the portal, adding that the documentation exercise would commence from January 31.
“Applicants should check for their names, documentation location, guidelines for documentation exercise and print out their invitation slip without which they will not be allowed to participate in the exercise,” Rufai said.
Commandant-General, NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi stated that the recruitment was specifically for 2019 recruitment exercise, adding that successful candidates will be invited for training after the documentation exercise.
Audi disclosed that a total of 1,477,042 applicants applied in 2019 but some of the applicants did not meet the specific requirements which reduced the number to 746,762.
“A total of 217,000 candidates successfully uploaded their certificates and were shortlisted for the Computer-Based Assessment Test.
“Out of 113,105 candidates shortlisted, 53,116 sat for the CBT in December 2020 across the country and 6,500 were shortlisted for further screening,” he said.
According to the CG, the recruitment exercise lingered till 2022 due to the emergence of COVID-19 and the need for proper vetting of the candidates.
“Recruitment is a process and it is not easy to vet over one million people as vetting is very fundamental to the process and takes a longer time,” he said
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