The Nigeria Customs Service has invited 3,852 successful applicants in its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise for physical screening and documentation in Abuja.
The exercise, which marks the final stage of the recruitment process, will be held at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
The invitation was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada.
The customs said the shortlisted candidates must appear for the screening with the original and photocopies of their required documents.
The documents include the National Identification Number, original birth certificate or declaration of age, educational certificates, certificate of state of origin, two recent passport photographs, completed guarantor’s form and NYSC discharge certificate where applicable.
Candidates are also required to appear in white T-shirts, shorts and canvas shoes for the exercise.
The customs warned that attendance is compulsory and candidates must report strictly on the dates assigned to their respective states and cadres.
It said failure to appear as scheduled could result in disqualification from the recruitment process.
The recruitment exercise attracted an unprecedented 573,680 applications, out of which only 3,852 candidates were eventually selected, representing a success rate of 0.67 per cent.
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This means that roughly one applicant was successful for every 148 applications received by the service. The superintendent cadre recorded the highest number of applications, with 276,995 candidates competing for 1,275 positions.
The inspectorate cadre received 128,604 applications for 367 positions, while 168,081 applications were received for 2,210 positions under the customs assistant cadre.
Announcing the final list in August, Adeniyi said the selected candidates comprised 1,275 officers for the superintendent cadre, 367 for the inspectorate cadre and 2,210 for the customs assistant cadre.
He described the competition as severe, noting that the recruitment exercise had attracted hundreds of thousands of applicants for fewer than 4,000 available positions.
The recruitment process began in December 2024 and has taken almost two years to reach the physical screening and documentation stage.
The prolonged process had generated concerns among applicants, prompting the customs management to apologise for the delay when it announced the final list.
Ahead of the latest stage, successful applicants were required to update their information on the recruitment portal, upload medical certificates of fitness issued by government-recognised hospitals and accept their provisional offers of appointment.
The service said candidates who successfully complete the physical screening and documentation would receive further instructions on the subsequent stages of the recruitment process.
The customs management also warned applicants against fraudsters seeking to exploit the recruitment exercise.
Adeniyi stressed that recruitment into the Service was free, warning candidates not to pay anyone in exchange for employment.
“No candidate has paid, and no candidate should pay, any person or group for a place on this list. Anyone who solicits payment on our behalf is a criminal, and should be reported to the service and to the security agencies,” he said.
The customs boss also announced that the Service would henceforth adopt an annual recruitment cycle instead of conducting recruitment irregularly.
He said the 2026 recruitment exercise was expected to commence later this year and would be completed within one calendar year, from advertisement to the release of the final list.
According to him, the new system would enable the Service to plan recruitment based on projected retirements and manpower requirements while providing greater certainty for prospective applicants.
