Immigration recruitment: Nothing wrong in charging applicants N1,000 fee – Moro
Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, on Monday stated that it was
wrong for anyone to fault the decision of the Nigeria Immigration
Service to charge each job applicant N1,000 as processing fee.
He told State House correspondents that such criticisms were “misplaced and misguided.”
According to him, some other agencies charge as much as N2,000 to access their recruitment portals, adding that the Ministry followed due process by consulting with the Federal Character Commission and other government agencies that were engaged in similar exercises before arriving at the cost.
He said, “Maybe for the umpteenth time, I will let you know that some
of these criticisms are misplaced, misguided and borne out of
misinformation and clear lack of understanding of the situation in the
Nigerian Immigration Service.
“I have promised Nigerians that in the face of the controversy that
trailed the last immigration exercise of recruitment that we are going
to enthrone a more transparent and cost effective system. This is what
we have done.
“What we have done has passed through the processes that are required to engage an external consultant in processing the applications of these intending recruits and of course you know that from time on a monthly basis the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Navy have been engaged in this e-recruitment portal and I don’t see anything that is exceptional in the situation in the Nigerian Immigration Service.
“I want Nigerians to know that today the Army recruits, the Air Force recruits, the Navy recruits, the Police recruits, virtually on a monthly basis and they charge token amount of money for portals.
“I want Nigerians also to cross-check the amount of money that is paid by other agencies to access these portals which is a minimum of N2, 000,” the minister said.
He told State House correspondents that such criticisms were “misplaced and misguided.”
According to him, some other agencies charge as much as N2,000 to access their recruitment portals, adding that the Ministry followed due process by consulting with the Federal Character Commission and other government agencies that were engaged in similar exercises before arriving at the cost.
He said, “Maybe for the umpteenth time, I will let you know that some
of these criticisms are misplaced, misguided and borne out of
misinformation and clear lack of understanding of the situation in the
Nigerian Immigration Service.“What we have done has passed through the processes that are required to engage an external consultant in processing the applications of these intending recruits and of course you know that from time on a monthly basis the Nigerian Police, the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Navy have been engaged in this e-recruitment portal and I don’t see anything that is exceptional in the situation in the Nigerian Immigration Service.
“I want Nigerians to know that today the Army recruits, the Air Force recruits, the Navy recruits, the Police recruits, virtually on a monthly basis and they charge token amount of money for portals.
“I want Nigerians also to cross-check the amount of money that is paid by other agencies to access these portals which is a minimum of N2, 000,” the minister said.
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