Minister gives update on Immigration, Civil Defence, Fire Service recruitments, promotions

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says greater than 27,000 personnel throughout Nigeria’s 4 paramilitary companies have been authorized for promotion.

Mr Tunji-Ojo additionally stated the recruitment portal would open from 28 October to 13 November for candidates who reached the oral interview stage.

He disclosed this in a Facebook submit on Friday after a gathering of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB).

The minister stated the board had additionally validated a healthcare coverage framework to enhance the well being and welfare of personnel throughout the companies.

He said that the federal authorities remained dedicated to recruiting 120,000 younger Nigerians into the companies throughout President Bola Tinubu’s first time period. The present recruitment train covers the primary batch of 30,000 candidates.

The 4 companies are the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Fire Service and Nigerian Correctional Service.

The newest promotions comply with an train in December 2025, when the board approved the promotion of 24,202 senior officers throughout the 4 businesses. The Correctional Service accounted for 11,426 promotions, the Civil Defence Corps 5,859, the Immigration Service 4,336 and the Fire Service 2,581.

Mr Tunji-Ojo stated the newest approval introduced the variety of personnel promoted throughout the companies since Mr Tinubu assumed workplace in 2023 to greater than 100,000.

He stated greater than 32,000 officers have been promoted in 2023, over 20,000 in 2024 and greater than 24,000 in 2025, whereas over 27,000 have been authorized for promotion in 2026.

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In August 2025, the minister stated the federal government had cleared the backlog of promotions throughout the companies, with greater than 50,000 officers promoted inside two years.

Read the total assertion under.

At the assembly of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) immediately, we made far-reaching selections to enhance profession progress and welfare of personnel throughout our paramilitary businesses.

In a historic step to spice up morale and recognise meritorious service, the Board authorized the promotion of over 27,000 officers throughout our 4 companies. To additional assist our workforce, we validated a complete healthcare coverage framework designed to advertise the well being, health, and total well-being of all officers and males.

On recruitment, we reaffirmed the Federal Government’s dedication to enlist 120,000 younger Nigerians into our paramilitary companies over our first tenure. The course of for the primary tranche of 30,000 candidates has superior, with the portal opening from twenty eighth October to thirteenth November 2026 for many who have reached the oral interview stage.

Apparently, with this newest train, whole promotions throughout the paramilitary businesses beneath the Ministry of Interior since His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR assumed workplace now stand at effectively over 100,000 officers. This includes over 32,000 officers promoted in 2023, over 20,000 in 2024, greater than 24,000 in 2025, and the simply concluded over 27,000 authorized immediately in 2026.

In the Ministry of Interior, this sustained file displays the Renewed Hope Agenda’s unwavering dedication to ending profession stagnation and constructing a well-motivated, disciplined, and match workforce able to discharging its constitutional duties successfully.