The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has officially closed portal revealing that a total of 1.91 million job seekers has applied for various positions in the paramilitary agencies in the current exercise.
It was revealed that a total of 1,909,995 candidates submitted applications for the 30,000 available positions across the four agencies under the board.
This was revealed in a data made available on the board’s recruitment website, https://recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng/ on Monday.
Authorities confirmed that shortlisted candidates will be contacted in the coming weeks via email and text message for the next stage of the process.
Applicants have been advised to monitor their communication channels and regularly check the official portal for further updates.
According to the statistics, the state with the highest applicants was Kogi: 116,243, followed by Kaduna and Benue with 114,599 and 110,644 respectively.
“Kano 89,421; Niger: 79,567; Kwara: 78,467; Katsina: 76,917; Nasarawa: 76,677; Adamawa: 68,381; Oyo: 67,255; Plateau: 63,450; Osun: 62,399; Borno: 56,955; Ondo: 53,963, Akwa-Ibom: 52,531; Bauchi: 52,159, Imo: 48,301.
“Taraba: 45,188; Gombe: 45,074, Jigawa: 44,468, Ogun: 42,070, Enugu: 41,291; Yobe: 38,169; Kebbi: 34,612, Edo: 33,581; Anambra: 32,933; Ekiti: 32,719, Cross River: 32,226, Abia: 31,716
“Sokoto: 31,155; Federal Capital Territory: 30,320, Zamfara: 29,282; Delta: 27,980, Ebonyi: 23,617; Rivers: 22,217, Lagos: 14,221 and Bayelsa: 11,680”.
According to the board, shortlisted candidates would be contacted soon, with further instructions.
“Please, monitor your email and text messages in the coming weeks, for notifications,” the board stated
