The Nigerian Immigration Service has announced the commencement of their recruitment exercise and warned applicants about officers extorting them with employment slots.
Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), Muhammad Babandede gave the update about the 2019\2020 recruitment that was suspended due to Covid-19 concerns, he said the recruitment exercise has fully resumed and the second batch of the interview, a CBAT would commence on Monday across six locations in the geopolitical zones.
The zones and locations are South-West, Lagos, North-East, Bauchi, North-West, Kano and South-South is Nitsa. Others are South-East, Orlu and North Central, Minna.
According to figures provided by the NIS, 334, 554 successful applications were received, 75, 154 were invited to the first interview while 45, 323 successfully attended the interview out of which 6, 105 were successful.
Babandede however said only 4, 120 applicants will be employed by the NIS at the end of the entire recruitment exercise.
The shortlisted candidates will be invited for the screening via text and emails on Monday, May 10, 2021. Applicants are advised to check the official website of the NIS for their names and screening details: exam location and guidelines for the recruitment exercise.
Selected applicants are to print out their invitation slips which will be used to admit them into the screening venue. According to the release, the screening will commence on May 24, 2021, and does not attract any fee.
Muhammad Babandede, also issued a stern warning to job seekers to stop paying money out of desperation to anyone for employment slots in the agency.
He issued the warning during a media chat held in Abuja to announce the various venues across the country.
Babandede expressed concern that despite the agency’s zero-tolerance to corruption, some officers have been found guilty of extorting desperate job seekers to the tune of millions of naira.
“Immigration jobs are not for sale and we have arrested so many people in respect of fraudulent activities and deception about our recruitment,” Babandede said.
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“Just last week, I reported to the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, (ICPC), an immigration officer and a correction personnel because they were duping unsuspecting members of the public and offering them jobs that do not exist. They have collected up to N15 million from job seekers.”
“There are so many fake websites purporting to be ours but our own is the one that ends with .gov.ng, so you must be very very careful and stop being too desperate for jobs such that you get duped.”
Applicants are also advised to tender any complaints and report to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC) or the NIS website.