Customs employ 3,852 from 573,680 applicants

The Nigeria Customs Service has concluded its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, selecting 3,852 candidates from an overwhelming pool of 573,680 applicants. This represents a highly competitive selection rate of just 0.67 percent.

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On behalf of the Service, I offer my sincere apologies to every applicant who has waited, and to the parents and guardians who waited with them. That wait was real, and I do not diminish it.

Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi announced the final list in Abuja, acknowledging the lengthy duration of the process, which commenced in December 2024. He offered a sincere apology to applicants and their families for the extended wait, explaining that the delay was due to several factors. The sheer volume of applications, each requiring verification and assessment, significantly impacted the timeline. Additionally, retirements and turnover among senior officers affected the service's administrative capacity to expedite the process.

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The volume alone was extraordinary: the Service received 573,680 applications for 3,852 places. Every one of those applications had to be received, verified and assessed.

Adeniyi stressed that the time taken was a deliberate measure to ensure the selection of the most suitable candidates. Every individual on the list has undergone rigorous scrutiny, including application screening, a computer-based examination, and credential verification against the national identity database. The successful candidates will now proceed to the next stages of their onboarding.

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Every candidate on this list has passed through several distinct layers of scrutiny: application screening, computer-based examination, and verification of credentials against the national identity database.