The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has conducted computer based examination for 191, 000 candidates seeking fill a total of 9,460 job slots the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The examination, which held across 126 centres around the country, was witnessed by the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, Yakmut Alhassan Saleh on Monday in Abuja.
A breakdown shows that out of the almost 190,000 candidates, 113,000 are seeking to fill a total of 5,000 slots in the NSCDC, while 78,000 candidates are jostling for a total of 4,460 slots in the Immigration Service.
Saleh said “The examination is broken into three phases; we have the one for graduates, NCE and OND, and the third one for secondary school (leavers). The batches (for the exam) are in three sessions to four sessions based on the number of candidates per centre. We have 9:00am, 11:00am and 1:00pm.”
He said “The result is immediate but we are going to go into the second phase, immediately we get the results we will shortlist for physical and medical checkups preform December 15 (2020) IPP and capturing will commence, and they will now go for six months training for specialisation.”
Saleh also commended JAMB for the orderliness in the conduct of the exam, saying the recruitment process has been free with no candidates expecting to pay any money
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior in a tweet on Monday said two foreigners – Camerounian and Beninese – were intercepted while attempting to participate in the exercise.
“They are Camerounian and Beninore citizens. They have been interrogated, profiled, and referred to ACG zone A for further action.”
