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By Stella Odueme
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the schedule for the physical screening and documentation exercise for successful candidates enlisted into the Service.
The exercise is scheduled to take place at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC), Gwagwalada, Abuja.
In a statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs on Tuesday, the NCS said all shortlisted candidates must appear for the exercise with the original and photocopies of relevant documents.
The required documents include the National Identification Number (NIN), original Birth Certificate or Declaration of Age, and educational certificates, including O'Level, ND, HND, Degree or other applicable qualifications.
Candidates are also expected to present a Certificate of State of Origin, two recent passport photographs, a completed Guarantor's Form, and an NYSC Certificate, where applicable.
The Service further directed candidates to appear for the exercise dressed in white T-shirts, shorts and canvas shoes.
According to the statement, candidates are expected to report strictly on the dates allocated to their respective states and cadres.
The NCS stressed that attendance at the physical screening and documentation exercise is compulsory, warning that failure to appear as scheduled could result in disqualification from the recruitment process.
It added that successful candidates who complete the screening and documentation exercise would receive further instructions regarding subsequent stages of the recruitment process.
The Service assured candidates and the general public that the recruitment exercise would be conducted in a transparent, fair and merit-based manner.
The statement urged candidates to rely solely on official Nigeria Customs Service communication channels for authentic information concerning the recruitment exercise.
The NCS is led by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR.