The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says greater than 27,000 personnel throughout Nigeria’s 4 paramilitary providers have been permitted 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 publish 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 providers.
He acknowledged that the federal authorities remained dedicated to recruiting 120,000 younger Nigerians into the providers throughout President Bola Tinubu’s first time period. The present recruitment train covers the primary batch of 30,000 candidates.
The 4 providers 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 providers 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 permitted 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 providers, with greater than 50,000 officers promoted inside two years.
Read the complete assertion under.
At the assembly of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) immediately, we made far-reaching choices 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 permitted the promotion of over 27,000 officers throughout our 4 providers. To additional help our workforce, we validated a complete healthcare coverage framework designed to advertise the well being, health, and general 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 providers 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 individuals who have reached the oral interview stage.
Apparently, with this newest train, complete promotions throughout the paramilitary businesses beneath the Ministry of Interior since His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR assumed workplace now stand at properly 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 permitted immediately in 2026.
In the Ministry of Interior, this sustained document 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 tasks successfully.
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