The Nigeria Customs Service has begun final screening for shortlisted 2025 recruitment candidates, including documentation, fitness and medical assessments in Abuja.
Customs Recruitment: NCS Begins Final Screening as Candidates Undergo Fitness, Medical Tests in Abuja
The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the final stage of its 2025 recruitment exercise, with shortlisted candidates undergoing documentation, physical fitness assessments and medical screening at the Training and Doctrine Command, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
The two-week exercise, which began on Monday, September 7, 2026, is scheduled to run until September 19 and covers shortlisted applicants for the Assistant Superintendent of Customs II, Inspectorate and Customs Assistant cadres.
To ensure an orderly process and prevent congestion at the screening centre, candidates are being assessed in batches arranged alphabetically according to their states of origin.
Addressing the candidates, the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Human Resource Development, Frank Onyeka, stressed that the recruitment process would assess more than the physical requirements of prospective officers.
“On behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, I congratulate you on reaching this stage,” Onyeka said. “I urge you to remain orderly and strictly adhere to the guidelines. Beyond physical requirements, your attitude, discipline, and conduct are critical factors in deciding who ultimately joins the Service.”
Onyeka said the NCS was working with the Customs Police and other relevant units within the Service to protect the integrity of the recruitment exercise and ensure that the process was conducted appropriately.
The Commandant of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs Dow Gaura, also said administrative improvements and collaboration among relevant agencies had helped streamline the exercise.
“Everything happening here reflects the policy vision of the Comptroller-General of Customs, which emphasised continuous operational improvement, collaboration, and innovation,” Gaura stated. “The process has been seamless, hitch-free, and conducted without any casualties.”
The screening for candidates in the Assistant Superintendent of Customs cadre concluded on Thursday, September 10, while assessments for applicants under the Inspectorate and Customs Assistant cadres are expected to continue until September 19, 2026.
The latest phase brings the 2025 NCS recruitment exercise closer to completion, as shortlisted candidates undergo the final assessments required for selection into the Service.
