CDCFIB Recruitment: FG Makes Important Announcement as Process Enters Final Stage
- CDCFIB announced that its ongoing recruitment exercise has reached its final stages as of August 21, 2026
- The board said it received a large number of applications from across Nigeria, making thorough vetting necessary
- Successful candidates will be contacted through the board's official recruitment platform once the process wraps up
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The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced that its ongoing recruitment exercise is in its final stages and will wrap up within four weeks.
The update was signed by Maj Gen. (Rtd) AM Jibril, Secretary to the Board, and released on Friday, August 21, from the board's office at the Old Federal Secretariat.
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CDCFIB defends pace of recruitment
The board acknowledged the high level of anxiety among applicants but said it deliberately chose not to rush the process.
According to the statement, the volume of applications received from across the country made it necessary to carry out a thorough and careful selection exercise.
"It is the intention of the CDCFIB not to rush the entire recruitment process, but to bring it to completion without any prejudice to the principles of justice, merit, federal character, due process, and the operational requirements of the four services," the statement read.
The board said the selection has been guided by core principles including merit, federal character, and the specific operational needs of each of the four services under its oversight, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigerian Correctional Service, the Federal Fire Service, and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
How candidates will be notified
Once the final stage is complete, the CDCFIB said all candidates will receive their outcome through the board's official recruitment platform at recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng. The board did not give a specific date beyond the four-week window.
The statement also thanked applicants for their patience and assured them that the wait would be worth it.
"We sincerely thank all candidates for their patience and we assure the public that the candidates' patience shall surely be rewarded," Jibril wrote.
The CDCFIB oversees recruitment, promotion, and discipline across four paramilitary agencies in Nigeria, and its hiring exercises typically attract hundreds of thousands of applicants nationwide.
Minister gives update on recruitment portal's glitches
Legit.ng earlier reported that Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of interior, stepped into the nationwide complaints by the applicants who have been unable to access the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) recruitment portal for the verification of their application status.
In a statement on Friday, October 31, the minister, in a social media post, ordered the immediate resolution of all technical hitches that the portal was experiencing.
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