By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has given hint that the Commission would soon embark on measures to prune down the number of applicants who oversubscribed to their recent recruitment exercise from the about 400,000 applications so far received to about 200,000 slots required.
This notice was contained in a statement on Thursday, August 26, 2021, by the ICPC spokeswoman, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua. She said that the ICPC had commenced a recruitment process early in 2020 for a recruitment approval for less than 200 officers, but the Commission received almost 400,000 applications from Nigerians.
However, subsequent to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government allegedly suspended the process. But in mid-2021, the Commission obtained approval to complete the process.
The ICPC spokeswoman stated that in order to give every applicant a fair chance and at the same time get the best, ICPC decided to apply online tests to prune down the number of applicants, using international best practices.
She said "Through the service of a recruitment consultant, the Commission has so far conducted a number of rounds of online tests, including some repeat tests to accommodate numerous complaints of non-receipt of notification of tests emails, spam of notification emails, complaints of timing-out of test portal, non-submission of fully completed or half-completed tests, loss of access to the registered email address of applicants, forgotten passwords, and so on. Applicants with further complaints are advised to forward them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
"The Commission, at extra cost, decided to notify applicants by SMS of the dates of tests and advisory that they should check their mails and spam folders for the test email.
"Following this step, only successful applicants - including those with specialized skills that are shortlisted will be further invited for follow-up tests, which may be virtual or physical with effect from September 2021.
"The pruning down process will continue until the Commission arrives at a manageable number of qualified applicants that may be further processed by one on one interviews, certificate verification, health certification, character profiling, and other assessments befitting of a law enforcement agency.
"Applicants and the general public are therefore advised to bear with the Commission in this process", the statement said.
Mrs. Azuka Ogugua urged the public to "note that the entire process is at no cost to applicants and the general public. Kindly report all requests for money or promises of facilitation to the Commission through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call ICPC on toll-free line number 0800 2255 4272 or 0803-123-0280, 0803-123-0281, 0705-699-0190 and 0705-699-0191". NNL.
