Job Seekers Besiege Civil Service Commission

Applicants in Abuja visit the Federal Civil Service Commission daily in search of jobs, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Some of the job seekers interviewed on Tuesday, said they wanted to join the Federal Civil Service.

Mr. Dan Ukpong from Akwa Ibom told NAN that a file had been opened for him by the commission and had been given a number.

“But I am yet to receive invitation from the commission. I have done all the necessary documentation.

“I am here to check if my name is out for interview but this Civil Defence lady at the gate refused to allow me to go in. She was asking for my identity card which I don’t have. ”

Mrs. Dorcas Ugah from Kogi said she was among the people who were supposed to be interviewed this week for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “but it was postponed. ”

She commended the commission‘s commitment to the recruitment of applicants, adding that the effort would reduce unemployment and poverty in the country.

Mrs. Temitope Babalola from Ekiti State told NAN that she came to the commission to submit her documents.

“It was not easy for me to go in today. The security woman refused to allow me to go in. I am not a civil servant and she was asking for my identity card. ”

Babalola said that processing applications online should be the best option, adding that it would reduce the stress of queuing.

She said that the commission’s commitment to improving service delivery to Nigerians, using modern means of communication, especially the Internet, would help applicants.

“If the Internet system will work out fine as the commission said last month on paper, it will be the best instead of this queue that we are experiencing at the gate. ”

A nursing mother, who simply identified herself as Mrs .Margaret, from Ebonyi, told NAN that she was impressed with what was going on in the commission.

“If it continues, unemployment will reduce. Although I have not been employed, there is hope. I have opened my file and as you can see, some people have been employed and some are to be interviewed.

“So, there is hope. I know God will do it for me. ”

A staff member of the commission, who pleaded for anonymity, said the crowd would reduce when the recruitment was concluded.

“People are coming to the commission for one reason or the other, although the majority of the people coming are applicants.

“The commission is making effort to ensure that people secured jobs in the Federal Civil Service.

NAN recalls that the Acting Chairman of the commission, Dr. Akpama Mbang, said it has been mandated by the Presidency to employ 984 applicants annually for the next five years.

“The recruitment was done last year and that of this year is ongoing. ”

Mbang added that the recent recruitment interview it conducted for the Federal Ministry of Education was being processed.

According to him, the ministry requested for graduates from the 36 states to teach mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry and geography.