OVER 300,000 NIGERIANS BATTLE FOR 4,000 FRSC VACANT POSITIONS

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-By Joseph Omoniyi
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has commenced the physical screening for about 324,000 applicants who applied for 4,000 jobs in the agency.
According to reports from The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the screening was for various cadres, including Officers, Marshal Inspectorates and Road Marshal Assistants.
The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, who also confirmed the development while paying a visit to the two screening centres in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Sani Abacha Barracks, Asokoro and the National Stadium,Abuja on Monday, said those that would be recruited at the end of the exercise ā€œwonā€™t be more than 4,000.
ā€œWe are working with about 324, 000 applicants nationwide out of which we have about 105, 000 graduates,ā€ Oyeyemi said.
He also disclosed that, out of the 4,000 slots, 400 are for the officer cadre, inspectorate has 1,000 and Road Marshal Assistants, 3,200 slots.
ā€œIt will be a keenly contested exercise that is why they will go for an aptitude test to be conducted by JAMB.
ā€œThose being screened from today (Monday) to Tuesday are graduates and you can see their level of discipline.
ā€œThe exercise started early today and tomorrow nationwide, it will be for the graduates. I believe with the planning put in place, everything is okay.
ā€œAfter the aptitude test, they will go for an interview, then drug test; then the final screening with the corps marshal,ā€ Oyeyemi said.
He commended the smooth conduct of the exercise which he described as having ā€œbeing okay and not hectic.ā€
ā€œThere is orderliness. The exercise began at six oā€™clock in the morning. This shows the level of planning. The officers conducting the exercise are going by the directive of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
ā€œHe has given a directive that we must ensure the planning is much better than the previous exercises,ā€ he said.
Oyeyemi commended the service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and Director-General of the Department of State Services for providing security during the screening.
The corps marshal said there were some irregularities during the exercise, including some pregnant female applicants, over-aged applicants, those short in height and married persons.
NAN reported that the age limit for the officersā€™ cadre is 30 while the height limit for females is 1.63m while that of the males is 1.68m.
One of the applicants, Mr Solomon Abubakar, from Niger State, who said he had been looking for a job for the past three years, expressed hope that he would get the job after the screening.
Another applicant from Anambra State, Miss Ifeoma Benjamin, said she had applied severally for Federal Government jobs without success but expressed joy that the FRSC had given her another opportunity to try her luck in securing a government job.
The exercise, which started on Monday, is expected to end on Saturday, September 29.

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