NAQS Releases Recruitment Shortlist, Fixes CBT for August 20

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has announced that applicants for its recruitment exercise can now check their status online. The agency's Human Resources Director, ACG Issaka Ahmed, confirmed that the shortlist is available on the official recruitment portal, recruitment.naqs.gov.ng.

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The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service wishes to inform all applicants and members of the public that the status of applications is now available for checking on the official recruitment portal, recruitment.naqs.gov.ng.

Applicants whose status indicates they have progressed will participate in a Computer-Based Test (CBT). This test will be conducted online via the recruitment portal, with the agency planning to send further schedule details via registered email addresses. NAQS advises all applicants to rely solely on official communications from the service.

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Applicants whose status indicates progression to the next stage are hereby notified to prepare for the Computer-Based Test (CBT), which will hold online via the recruitment portal from Thursday, 20th August 2026.

This announcement follows an earlier postponement of the shortlist release, which was initially slated for August 13. NAQS cited the need for a thorough, transparent, and accurate recruitment process as the reason for the delay. The recruitment drive, which ran from July 28 to August 10, saw a significant number of applications, with 606,928 attempted applications and 407,659 successfully submitted.

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Applicants are advised to remain vigilant and rely only on official information from the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service.