The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has alerted the general public, especially job seekers against the activities of recruitment racketeers.
The Secretary to the Board, Maj. Gen. Abdulmalik Jibril (Rtd), while making the notification also cleared the air on the Board’s recruitment process in the light of a letter purportedly emanating from the Board and circulating widely on social media.
TheFact Daily reports that the Board had in a circular titled “Re: Status Report of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB)”, had purportedly shared new details regarding the upcoming 2025 recruitment exercise for the four paramilitary services under its jurisdiction.
According to the update, the CDCFIB is currently seeking a waiver to reduce the required advertisement period for the recruitment notice in national newspapers from the statutory six (6) weeks to a shortened duration of three (3) weeks.
The circular referenced the approval granted by Mr. President for the recruitment of 30,150 personnel across the four services, as well as 209 additional staff for the CDCFIB Secretariat, and that the approval includes provisions for the recruitment of doctors and nurses for the Nigerian Correctional Service.
Jibril, while noting that indeed there was a presidential approval for the recruitment of personnel in the four paramilitary Services under its purview, clarified that “there are series of processes which lead to the actual recruitment exercise”.
He emphasized that appropriate notifications for all its recruitment processes would be advertised in the national dailies, which would be carried out in a fair and transparent process devoid of any fee payment.
“To this effect, members of the public should be weary of the activities of recruitment racketeers who may want to take advantage of unsuspecting job seekers to rob them on their hard-earned resources”, Jibril stated.
