Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) to immediately conclude the ongoing upload of applicants’ data in the recruitment process for the nation’s paramilitary agencies.
The directive followed mounting complaints from applicants who said they were unable to track the status of their submissions weeks after completing various stages of the recruitment exercise.
In a post on his official Facebook page on Friday, the Minister acknowledged the challenges, attributing them to the ongoing data upload, and assured that the issues would be resolved promptly to ensure transparency and fairness in the process.
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He stated: “Following recent complaints from applicants into the paramilitary agencies who are still unable to determine their fate due to the ongoing upload of information, I have directed the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board to ensure that all uploads are completed immediately.”
The CDCFIB had earlier announced on Thursday that applicants could begin checking their recruitment status from Friday.
However, many users reported experiencing glitches on the recruitment portal.
Some said the website failed to respond after they entered their login details, while others noted that their dashboards displayed job categories different from those they had applied for.
Several applicants also complained that their names could not be found at all.
A user on X (formerly Twitter), #msg_snr, posted with a picture:
“Who else is seeing this? The applicant applied for NIS, and to this point, the guarantor’s form is showing Fire Service. Yet, on the dashboard, it showed his NIS entries for ASI II (General Duties). Is this a glitch or a typo?”
Another user, #Prince3255, shared a screenshot showing an error message while attempting to access the portal, writing:
“This is a screenshot from your website… We shall be waiting patiently for the outcome even though many of the top officials, politicians, and more have already shared the slots among themselves.”
Several other users posted similar screenshots showing their inability to proceed to the next stage of the exercise.
A total of about 1.9 million applicants applied for roughly 30,000 vacancies across the four paramilitary services.
