Nigeria Customs Service Recruitment 2019: Read how to apply here

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has just begun plans on recruiting 3,200 officers into the service.

The announcement was made by the Acting Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resources Department, Umar Sanusi at a news conference in Abuja, NAN reports.

According to Sanusi, 800 would be recruited to fill vacancies in the Support Staff for Superintendent Cadre Category, and 2,400 would fill that of Customs Inspector and Customs Assistant Cadre in the General Duty Categories.

The service’s portal for the recruitment,

www.vacancy.customs.gov.ng opened 12 midnight of Tuesday and would be closed after three weeks.

According to him, a web portal to receive and process all applications has been created as a sub-domain of the NCS website; www.customs.gov.ng.

He said the portal “is a user-friendly one that prospective applicants from all parts of the country and even outside Nigeria can log in to submit applications and upload documents.

AVAILABLE POSITIONS:

1. Superintendent Cadre

The Superintendent Cadre are senior ranking officers comprising of Assistant Superintendent of Customs.

2. Inspectorate Cadre

Assistant Inspectors are Mid-Level officers comprising of Assistant Inspectors of Customs.

3. Assistant Cadre

The Assistant Cadre are junior ranking officers comprising of Customs Assistant.

ELIGIBILITY FOR NIGERIA CUSTOMS RECRUITMENT 2019

To apply, you must fulfil the following criteria:
1. Applicant must be a Nigerian citizen by birth
2. Applicants must have completed secondary school (O level) or higher education depending on the position been applied
3. Applicant must be within the age brackets of 18-35 years
4. Prisoners are excluded from the Nigerian Customs Service Recruitment 2019.

5. Applicants must be mentally fit and health fit.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR CUSTOMS RECRUITMENT 2019

Below are the qualifications all applicants need before applying for the Nigeria Customs Service recruitment 2019:

General Requirement:

1. Be a Nigerian Citizen by birth or descent
2. Not be less than 1.7 metres in height, for male and 1.64 metres for female.
3. Have a fully expanded chest measurement of not less than 0.87 metres, male.
4. Be certified by a Government Medical Officer to be physically and mentally fit for appointment in Service

5. Not be suffering from any form of physical or mental disability
6. Be free from any form of financial embarrassment
7. Be of good character and must not have been found guilty of any criminal offense
8. Present a certificate of state of origin signed by the Chairman/Secretary of their Local Governments. Certificates endorsed by Liaison officers are unacceptable.

Naija News reports that the Nigeria Customs Service recruitment portal opened midnight of April 17, 2019, at exactly 2:50 am as monitored by this reporter. The application is expected to last just three weeks only for all positions.

HOW TO APPLY FOR NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE RECRUITMENT 2019

All applicants must visit the Nigeria Customs Service website via www.vacancy.customs.gov.ng to start the application.

However, note the following before you apply:

NOTE: Any certificate or Qualification not Declared or Tendered and Accepted during application shall not be acceptable after the recruitment exercise

You are hereby warned:

1. You should Ensure to submit documents that are required by the cadre you are applying for. (Eg. Don’t use Bachelor’s degree for Inspectorate cadre).

2. Do not submit more than one application. You will be disqualified.

CUSTOMS APPLICATION FORM FEE

The service said the application is free of charge for all applicants, so be mindful of fraudsters. Also, any use of fraudulent documents will lead to prosecution.

Click HERE to apply for Nigeria Customs Service recruitment 2019.