CDCFIB shortlists 5,000 applicants for employment into NSCDC
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has selected 5,000 individuals for employment in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. Mrs Aisha Rufai, the board’s secretary, made the announcement at a press conference held at the Civil Defense headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
Mrs Rufai stated that the board has approved the final phase of the 2019 recruiting process and that all interested parties should visit the application portal.
She advised screened applicants to check http://cdfipb.careers for more information beginning January 17, 2022, as it would only be available to successful candidates.
The Secretary did point out, however, that candidates who had not been successfully shortlisted would not be able to access the platform.
“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,” she said.
She stated that the documentation exercise will begin on January 31, 2022, and that it will be free.
Dr. Ahmed AbubakarAudi, the NSCDC Commandant General, claimed that the recruitment was especially for 2019 applicants and that all successful candidates would be invited for training after the paperwork process.
According to Audi, a total of 1,477,042 people applied in 2019, however only 746,762 were selected after some applications failed to match the job posting’s standards. “A total of 217,000 individuals were shortlisted for the Computer Based Assessment Test after successfully uploading their certificates.
“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 until 2022 due to the emergence of Covid-19 and the need for proper vetting of candidates.
“Recruitment is a process and it is not easy to vet over one million (1,000,000) people as vetting is very fundamental to the process and takes a longer time.
“The vetting was environmental, institutional, and family-based,” he said.
