A year after the unfortunate recruitment that led to the loss of several lives, with many others injured, the Federal Government of Nigeria has concluded arrangements to conduct fresh recruitment for new personnel into the Nigerian Immigration Service.
This was confirmed on Monday in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Chukwuemeka Obuah, after advertorials were placed in major media outlets for that purpose.
“The Presidential Committee To Assist In Immigration Recruitment on Monday February 9, 2015 placed advertorial in some national dailies requesting applications from suitable Nigerians for enlistment into the Nigeria Immigration Service starting from 9th February 2015 to 22nd March, 2015. Note the application is free and must be done online,” Obuah stated.
It could be recalled that the last attempt to conduct a recruitment test for applicants nationwide on March 15,2014 led to the death of over 20 applicants, with several others injured.
A reliable source told TheCitizen that the recruitment exercise is just a formality, as most of the existing vacancies have been filled with candidates of politicians of the ruling party at the federal level and in most states of the federation, the Peoples Democratic Party.
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