The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has disclosed that more than 1.91 million Nigerians applied for the ongoing paramilitary recruitment exercise.
Data from the board’s recruitment portal showed that the positions span the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Correctional Service, Federal Fire Service, and Nigeria Immigration Service. Only about 30,000 applicants are expected to be recruited.
Kogi recorded the highest number of applications with 116,243, followed closely by Kaduna with 114,599 and Benue with 110,644. Other states with significant figures include Kano (89,421), Niger (79,567), Kwara (78,467), Katsina (76,917) and Nasarawa (76,677).
The statistics also revealed lower application numbers in Lagos (14,221) and Bayelsa (11,680), with the Federal Capital Territory recording 30,320 applicants.
The board announced that the shortlisting process is underway and successful candidates will be contacted via email and text messages in the coming weeks with further instructions.
APPLICATION STATISTICS of The Civil Defence, Immigration,Fire Service and Prison Board.
The recruitment application portal received over 1.9 million applications before portal was closed.
States Breakdown:
Kogi - 116,133 Applicants
Kaduna - 114,507 Applicants
Benue - 110,536 Applicants
Kano - 89,362 Applicants
Niger - 79,510 Applicants
Kwara - 78,423 Applicants
Katsina - 76,809 Applicants
Nasarawa - 76,586 Applicants
Adamawa - 68,305 Applicants
Oyo - 67,200 Applicants
Plateau - 63,393 Applicants
Osun - 62,356 Applicants
Borno - 56,907 Applicants
Ondo - 53,920 Applicants
Akwa-ibom - 52,474 Applicants
Bauchi - 52,068 Applicants
Imo - 48,262 Applicants
Taraba - 45,147 Applicants
Gombe - 45,023 Applicants
Jigawa - 44,416 Applicants
Ogun - 42,052 Applicants
Enugu - 41,251 Applicants
Yobe - 38,122 Applicants
Kebbi - 34,575 Applicants
Edo - 33,559 Applicants
Anambra - 32,910 Applicants
Ekiti - 32,676 Applicants
Cross river - 32,188 Applicants
Abia - 31,684 Applicants
Sokoto - 31,130 Applicants
FCT - 30,290 Applicants
Zamfara - 29,256 Applicants
Delta - 27,957 Applicants
Ebonyi - 23,601 Applicants
Ruvers - 22,208 Applicants
Lagos - 14,215 Applicants
Bayelsa - 11,669 Applicants

