We Are Not Recruiting Now – Nigeria Immigration Warns Applicants

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has alerted the public that it had no intention of recruiting 5,000 in March as it was recently published in some newspapers.
In a statement, the Deputy Comptroller of Immigration who is Service Public Relations Officer, Ekpedeme King said that the purported statement which said to have been made by the Public Relations Office of the Service when clarifying what the newspapers considered as “secret” recruitment into the Service was false
King made it clear that at no time did he say that the NIS would recruit 5, 000 staff in March 2016 during his discussions.
“It has become very important to state this fact to prevent any anxiety amongst interested persons or provide a window for fraudsters to dupe gullible unemployed Nigerians.
“These are facts. The Nigerian Military have successfully reclaimed all parts of the North East of Nigeria from the insurgents. Following these victories and the imperative of moving to other areas and duties, the paramilitary agencies have been directed to have administrative presence in those areas in order to ensure that the insurgents stay off.
“Consequently, the NIS like other agencies in acknowledgment that it had lost some men to the insurgency, while some had retired from Service, yet others have been promoted to ranks that had necessitated that their schedule of duties change within the last few years forwarded a request to Government for special consideration for replacement of the number that were involved in order to meet up with the manpower needed for this mandate just like others did.
“This request was considered and graciously approved by Government and all necessary waivers made to enable the NIS urgently replace these positions with qualified and fit persons for the demanding task.
“More importantly, although approval has been granted, the replacement has not taken place yet, let alone payment of January salary to them as alleged. As a matter of fact, officers and men of all the services had not been paid their January 2016 salaries as at the time of the publication. We therefore challenge any person who has any contrary view or fact to present the letter of appointment of any such recruit or/and evidence of payment of January 2016 salary.
“May I emphasize that the replacement is NOT part of the 5, 000 vacancies that was approved by the Head of Service of the Federation in 2012 which is still pending. Please be informed that the public will be duly notified anytime there will be recruitment to fill these existing vacancies after due consultations and consent of relevant agencies in line with laid down procedures.” [myad]