Cameroonian, Benioise Arrested As 191,000 Take NIS, NSCDC Recruitment Exam
Security operatives have arrested a Cameroonian and Benioise for attempting to participate in the recruitment test into the Nigeria Immigration Service,(NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.(NSCDC) The foreigners were apprehended on Monday during the screening of candidates at the Computer Based Centre in Ilupeju, Lagos. The Ministry of Interior Spokesman disclosed that the suspects had been interrogated, profiled and referred to the Assistant Controller General, Zone A, for further action. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, had conducted an on the spot assessment of the ongoing recruitment test at the CBT Centre, Hollaram Educational Centre, Akure, Ondo State. According to him, “With the introduction of the computer based aptitude test, the era of stampede and pandemonium during such exercise has been completely wiped out.” He stated further that “there is now an assurance of confidence, credibility, equity and integrity in the process on the part of both the examiners and applicants.”
About 191,000 candidates on Monday sat for the recruitment examination for the NIS and NSCDC conducted nationwide by the JAMB.(Joint Admission Matriculation Board). Some of the candidates commended both JAMB and the Board for the hitch free exercise, as no issue of network problem was recorded during the examination.