Requirements On How To Join The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS)
JEROME MICHAEL EBRUPHIYO
Friday, November 26, 2021
Basis
This article will provide information on the requirements on how to join the Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) and also provide answers to questions regarding the Nigeria Custom Service.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is a free office under the supervisory oversight of the Nigerian Ministry of Finance, in charge of the accumulation of traditions income and hostile to sneaking endeavors. The Nigeria Customs Services NSC was established in 1891 when the previous British Colonial organization delegated T. A. Divider as Director-General of Customs for the gathering of Inland Revenue in Niger Coast Protectorate. This turned into the Department of Customs and Excise in 1922, oversaw by the Comptroller of Customs and Excise, Federation of Nigeria. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is an independent customs service under the supervisory oversight of the Nigerian Ministry of Finance, responsible for the collection of customs revenue, Facilitation of both national and international trade and anti-smuggling activities. The Nigerian government claims that the service in recent times has redeemed its image from a Corruption riddled government agency to a new organization, that has cleaned itself of corrupt practices pointing to the fact that since the year 2017 its revenue contribution to the country continue to rise above one trillion Naira annually. Despite the claims of the government that the reputation of the service has improved from a corrupt government agency to an agency that has imbibed the spirit of selflessness to the country over self enrichment of its officers, several examples of extensive bribery and corruption allegations still exist. One example (cited by the government) of an incidence that demonstrated a new customs service was the rejection of the sum of $415,000 bribe by an official of the service Bashir Abubakar, being the money offered to him in order to facilitate the release of containers of dangerous drugs at Apapa Port in Lagos. The Nigeria Customs service is known to have a reputation that has been marred by numerous corruption and fraud scandals across the years. According to Transparency International's 2010 Global Corruption Barometer, more than half of local households surveyed attested to paying bribes to NCS officers in 2009. To date, compromised staff, complex regulations and bureaucracy surrounding the import and export of goods has nurtured an environment in which bribes are commonly paid. Several companies are also believed to undervalue their goods upon importation to avoid penalties. Yet other companies, operating in the informal economy, resort to smuggling as a means of avoiding legal trade.
The following are some of the functions of the Nigeria Customs Service:
- Collection of Revenue from activities involving Import / Excise Duties, and remitting the funds to the Federal Government of Nigeria
- Monitoring and fighting against all forms of smuggling activities
- Alerting the nation on imports that pose Security threats to the nation
- Generating import / Excise Duty statistics needed for planning and proposing new national budgets
- Licensing, registration and documentation of Customs Agents
- Working together with other security parastatals in all approved ports and border station
The following are the basic requirements every applicant must meet before applying for customs recruitment:
- All applicants must be Nigerian citizens by birth
- Applicants must have completed their O levels or higher education depending on the position they intend to apply for
- Age must be between 18-35 years
- If you have ever served a prison sentence, do not bother to apply
- Not less than 1.7 metres in height for males and 1.64 metres for females
- Should have a fully expanded chest measurement of not less than 0.87 metres, male
- Applicants must be physically and mentally fit. This surely must be certified by a Government Medical Officer for an appointment in Service
- Applicants must be free from debt or any form of financial embarrassment
- Candidates must be of good character and have not been found guilty of any criminal offence
- All applicants should possess a certificate of origin signed appropriately by the Chairman/Secretary of their Local Governments
- You must submit the appropriate document for your desired cadre
- Do not submit more than one application. Or else, you will be disqualified
- Wait till the official portal is open
- Complete the application form when registration commences
- Print out all necessary documents
- Take note of the examination and screening date, so you don’t miss out
- After completing the application processes, wait till you get notified you have been selected
The average salary of Nigerian customs service workers – N900,000 annually (N75,000 monthly). The highest salary is received by the Controller-General of Customs, the second highest goes to the Deputy Controller Generals, and Assistant Controller Generals.
From all the list of the armed Forces and their Salary Structure, You will know that The Nigerian Navy is the highest paid Force in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Custom Service was created in the year 1891.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is an independent customs service under the supervisory oversight of the Nigerian Ministry of Finance, responsible for the collection of customs revenue, Facilitation of both national and international trade and anti-smuggling activities.
The Comptroller-General of Customs is Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd). He is responsible for the overall management and direction of the Service. He is equally the accounting officer of the service and the Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Customs Service Board, which is chaired by the Honourable Minister of Finance.
There are about four Deputy Comptrollers in the Nigerian Custom Service.
Like(0) |
|
Views(348)
The Requirements On How To Join The Nigeria Army
Blessing Billions
Friday, November 26, 2021
Basis
The roles of a country's armed forces are entrenched in her Constitution. The defense of the territorial integrity and other core interests of the nation form the major substance of such role The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land branch of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the largest among the armed forces. Major formations include the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 3rd Armored Division, 81st Division, 82nd Division, and newly formed 8th, 7th and 6th, Divisions. The Nigerian army is headed currently by Major General Farouk Yahaya who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Nigerian Army maintains at least eighty-two different weapon systems and 194 types of ammunition, of sixty-two different categories, from fourteen manufacturers. This post will provide information on The Requirements On How To Join The Nigeria Army as well as other related questions.
The Nigerian Army is functionally organized into combat arms, which are infantry and armored; the combat support arms, which are artillery, engineers, and signals the combat support services comprise the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, supply and transport, ordinance and finance.The branch is divided into 2 major directorates, which are: Directorate of Manpower Planning (DMP) and the Directorate of Personnel Services (DPS 'A'). It also controls other minor directorates and units. The executive head of this branch is the Chief of Army Administration.
A progeny of the Royal West African Frontier Force, The Nigerian army was established in the year 1960 with about 18,000 personnel. Having over 100,000 personnel as of present, the Nigerian Army is the largest division of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and it has its headquarters in Abuja. Its motto is “Victory is from God alone.” The head of the Nigerian Army is the Chief of Army Staff. The Army motto, “This We'll Defend,” can be seen in the Army flag and emblem on the scroll above the snake. Today, the motto can be found on the official U.S. Army flag as well as the Department of the Army emblem. In this article, I will discuss the requirements for joining the Nigerian Army as well as how to go about the application process.The Nigerian Army traces its history to Lieutenant John Hawley Glover's Constabulary Force, which was largely composed of freed Hausa slaves in 1863. The Constabulary Force was established with the primary goal of protecting the Royal Niger Company and its assets from constant military incursions by the neighboring Ashanti Empire. This policing force would slowly grow in size and capability to meet the needs of the British Empire in its West African territories and would later form the nucleus of both the Gold Coast and the Hausa Constabulary, both of which would become the Ghana Regiment and Southern Nigeria Regiment respectively by 1879. These regiments would be incorporated into the Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) in 1900 by the British Colonial Office, following British military experiences in the Benin Expedition of 1897, as well as wider British efforts of complete reorganization of its African colonial units such as that of the Egyptian Army earlier in the year. During the Second World War, British-trained Nigerian troops saw action with the 1st (West Africa) Infantry Brigade, the 81st and the 82nd (West Africa) Divisions which fought in the East African Campaign and in the Far East. Its formations include the 1 Division, headquartered in Kaduna in the north-west and 2 Division (HQ Ibadan in the South-West, which includes 32 Artillery Brigade at Abeokuta), 2nd Division also possibly includes 4 Brigade at Benin City, with 19 Battalion at Okitipupa and 195 Battalion at Agenebode. 52 Signal Regiment may be the divisional signals unit. 3 Division's headquarters is at Rukuba Cantonment, Jos, in the North-East, and includes 21 Armored Brigade Maiduguri, 23 Brigade Yola, and 33 Artillery Brigades, 81st Division (Amphibious) HQ in Lagos, which includes the 9 Brigade, based at Ikeja Cantonment in northern Lagos, 82nd Division (Airborne and Amphibious) HQ in Enugu in the South-East, which includes the 2 Brigade at Port Harcourt, 13 Brigade at Calabar and the 34th Artillery Brigade at Obinze/Owerri. The Composite Division at Enugu was formed in 1964 as 4 Division, in 1975 became Lagos Garrison Organization; in 1981 became 4 Composite Division; became a Composite Division in May 2002, 3rd Armored Division was responsible in 1983 for the security of areas bordering Chad. Lagos and Abuja have garrison commands, with the Lagos garrison as large as a division. 81st Division was previously the youngest division, formed on 26 May 2002 when the Lagos Garrison Command was upgraded to divisional status. The Division, therefore, inherited the security roles hitherto performed by the defunct Lagos Garrison Command. However a later undated article in a Nigerian online newspaper says the 81st Division was later again renamed the Lagos Garrison Command. In the 1980s, the Army's brigades included the 7th Infantry Brigade in Sokoto. There are also Divisional Artillery Brigades, among which are the 32 and 34 Artillery Brigades, ordnance corps units as well as Combat Engineer Regiments, and many other service support units spread across the country. The 7th Division (also known as JTF-RO) was established in August 2013 for the war against Boko Haram. The creation of the new division brought to six the number of divisions. The 7th division is headquartered in Maiduguri. The division includes a combat motorcycle unit as part of its 25th Task Force Brigade. The purpose of this unit is stated as securing roads in Yobe and serving as a force multiplier in combat operations. Training and Doctrine Command formed in 1981, and is located at Minna. It supervises the Army's schools, including the Depot. The Army sponsors the Nigerian Military School at Zaria.
The Nigerian Army as of 2016 consisted of some 6,000 officers and 150,000 enlisted personnel. The army itself is governed by the Nigerian Army Council (NAC). The Nigerian Army is functionally organized into combat arms, which are infantry and armored; the combat support arms, which are artillery, engineers, and signals; the combat support services comprise the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, supply and transport, ordinance and finance. Others include the military police, intelligence, physical training, chaplains, public relations and the Nigerian Army Band Corps. The Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) located in Minna is responsible for doctrinal, training and combat development, and supervises training centers. There are 17 Corps Training Schools and the Nigerian Army College of Logistics (NACOL). The Nigerian Army said its newly created the 6 Division in Port Harcourt was established to organize and improve its internal security operations in four states of the Niger Delta. The division will cover the army's 2 Brigade in Akwa Ibom, 16 Brigade in Bayelsa, and 63 Brigade in Delta respectively; while the divisional headquarters will be located in Port Harcourt. This arrangement will help to curtail activities of militants, banditry, inter-communal clashes, illegal bunkering, kidnapping, robberies, Niger Delta Avengers and pipeline vandalism prevalent in the area. Insecurity in these states negatively impacts on the national economy resulting from sabotage by criminal entities within the region.[26] In preparation for the restoration of civilian rule in 1979, specified geographic areas of responsibility defined from north to south were assigned to the army's three infantry divisions. By design these divisional areas cut across ethnic, regional, and state boundaries, thus denying division commanders a ready base for political mobilization. Each division had a mobile brigade as a protective screen for the capital. A fourth formation, composed mostly of logistical units, was deployed around Lagos. By 1990 the army, which numbered at least 80,000, had been restructured into four divisions to accommodate the formation of an airborne division in 1981. The First Mechanized Infantry Division, headquartered at Kaduna, had brigades at Sokoto, Kano, and Minna. The Second Mechanized Infantry Division was headquartered at Ibadan. The Third Armored Division was based at Jos, with one mechanized and two armored brigades. The Eighty-second (Airborne) Division, stationed at Enugu in the southeast, had three brigades (airborne, air-mobile, and amphibious) to defend the Cameroon border and for other foreign commitments. Each of the four divisions had an artillery and engineering brigade and a reconnaissance battalion. Finally, a Guard Brigade of three battalions and an armored reconnaissance battalion near Lagos provided security for army logistical units and the seat of government. The guard battalions were rotated periodically, as evidenced by the move of the Sixth Guard Battalion from Lagos to Port Harcourt in mid-1986. The guards thwarted the April 1990 coup attempt, losing five members in defense of Dodan Barracks. The army was equipped with tanks and other armored vehicles, and with artillery of various kinds. In October 1986, Nigeria announced a plan to set up a reserve army under the Directorate of Army Recruitment, Resettlement, and Reserve. By 1990, however, the reserve force was still in the planning stage. Also under consideration for several years was the creation of an army light aviation force, for which American Bell 412 helicopters were being considered. It was not clear whether this was to be part of the new airborne brigade, or another unit. In 1989 the army established a rapid deployment force to be used for any contingency, particularly in relation to neighboring African countries. This unprecedented formation might have resulted from concern about reported South African attempts to gain a foothold in Nigeria's "soft underbelly" in Equatorial Guinea, to deter such actions in the future, and to ensure combat readiness for any foreign contingency. Nigerian spokesmen stressed that the force was not intended to intimidate Nigeria's neighbors, but to fight external and internal threats. The Nigerian army and headquarters were undergoing restructuring in late 1990. As part of the continuing reorganization, army headquarters re-designated and upgraded the authority of the officers reporting to the chief of staff. The director of training and operations was renamed chief of operations, and the director of staff duties and plans was re-titled chief of policy and plans
- Applicants must be Nigerian citizen by birth and possess National Identity Cards
- Applicants must be medically, physically and psychologically fit
- Applicants must be free of any criminal conviction by the court of la
.
- All applicants must possess at a minimum of 4 passes in not more than 2 sittings in WASSCE, GCE, NECO or NABTEB at O Level including English Language
- In addition to the above qualification, those applying as tradesmen/women must also possess Trade Test/City Guide Certificate. Details are available on the website
- An applicant must not be less than 18 years and not more than 22 years for non-tradesmen/women while tradesmen/women must not be less than 22 years and not more than 26 years as at the commencement of training by 31 May 2021
- Not less than 1.68 meters and 1.62 meters tall for male and female candidates respectively
- Knowledge of additional Nigerian Language other than mother tongue is an added advantage
- You must be free of any criminal conviction. That is, you must not have been convicted of any crime (major or minor) at any point in the past
- All documents will be verified from the appropriate issuing authority. all those with fake documents will be handed over to the Nigerian police for prosecution
- Make sure you are currently on the official recruitment portal
- Create a user account to enable you to log in. Your username must be a functional email
- Complete the application form, submit it online and print a copy. Then, print and complete the Guarantor Form as appropriate
- You must attend the zonal screening exercises at the designated zonal center for your state. Note that the zonal screening center may not be in your own state, but in one of the neighboring states. Only one zonal screening center will be available for applicants from all states within a designated zone. So, get ready to travel if the screening center isn’t in your own state
- You must duly complete all forms and submit them at the examination venue on the date fixed for the screening examination
To join the Nigerian Army as a non-tradesman or woman, all you need are at least 3 credits including English Language in not more than two sittings (in WASSCE/NECO/GCE). To join the Nigerian army as a university graduate, you have to apply through the DSSC or SSC. The DSSC stands for Direct Short Service Course while SSC stands for Short Service Combatant Course
Like(0) |
|
Views(348)