Over 158,000 graduates responded to the recent call for applications by the National Identity Management Commission for 1,750 job openings, sources at the Human Resource Department of the organisation told our correspondent.

It was gathered that the external consultants appointed to manage the recruitment process had submitted the full list of those who applied and were screening the applicants to come up with a shortlist for possible interview.

It was also gathered that a computer-based test would be administered on all shortlisted applicants before the principles of merit, federal character, catchment area and spread, among other considerations, would be applied.

The preliminary report of the consulting firm also showed that there were between 100 and 1,000 per cent over subscription in each of the 94 job functions advertised.

The number could have been more had those who had difficulties in filling the form been able to do so before the close of the application, one of the sources said.

The online application system is a test process, which was adopted to deliberately test the IT usage and competency of the applicants.

It was gathered that those who were unable to fill the simple online application form would not be able to sit for, let alone, pass the computer-based aptitude test; and so, it would be difficult, to employ them, especially now that the commission was in a hurry to kick off the nationwide enrolment process in April 2013.

It was also gathered that successful candidates, who would be employed in batches, would be sent on two to six-week training before they would be finally deployed, and would also be cleared by security agencies.

Meanwhile, enrolment centres have been set up across the 36 states of the federation in readiness for the take-off of the National Identity Number data collection.

The Director, Corporate Communication, NIMC, Mr. Anthony Okwudiafor, said the enrolment centres were located in the commission’s state offices nationwide.

This, he said, followed the successful certification of the premises based on the adoption of global best practices.

“The enrolment centres, which now have a minimum of 10 enrolment units each, will be scaled up to over 20 at the time the process will be formally inaugurated. Each local government area is expected to have at least one functional office for enrolment daily,” he explained.

Okwudiafor also said plans for the deployment of the enrolment units to local government areas and also the deployment of mobile enrolment centres nationwide were ongoing; adding that the pilots for the phases would commence March 2013 shortly before the formal inauguration of the scheme.

The enrolment centres, sources revealed, featured a provision for self registration, air-conditioned waiting room, alternative sources of power and presence of security personnel in most cases.

Our correspondent also found out that the NIMC Pre-Enrolment Portal had also been deployed and was being tested.

The NIMC Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, in an interview recently said the commission was planning for the formal inauguration of the scheme in the second quarter of 2013.

Already, the pilot scheme is experiencing a large turnout, especially in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Calabar.
SOURCE: www.punchng.com/business/technology/158000-graduates-apply-for-1750-nimc-jobs/

Good luck to all applicant..Goodmoring to all nairalandas

One Dar Fool

O boi eh!! No b smal mata o!

Cheiiiiiiiiii no be small thing

This is vely vely insightfool. By the time wey the computer illiterates don fizzle out I swear, na we go take over. This is the lolest news of the year.

PATHETIC!

na waa ooo

...And i hear suckaz screaming "GOVERNMENT IS TRYING"..the unemployment rate is just too much.Can u draw any margin between the number of applicants and the vacancies?i weep 4 my country.

And Rossike with his fraudulent patriotism says Nigeria hasn't lost hope. A very ill beggar he is.

9ja! Thats about a ratio of 1 job to about 990 graduates... If its possible, they shud find time to withdraw those people that av been in one way or the other engaged in some jobs

na waooo

.

OMG. Naija Garduates in Trouble

job palava for nigeria is on the increase every year.......*iwe la ka, a ri ise*

Pls help me out! I got the first message and it comes wt new ARN no which is different frm d first ARN given to me, later got another one which says i should confirm my Arn online.
I tried using the 2 ARN nos and i got different slip wt my particulars on each.
My venue 4 d first 1 is UNILORIN(26th) while d second 1 is MINNA(25th). Meanwhile i saw my passport on d 1 dt came wt MINNA bt did nt on d other 1.
Pls what do i do? I'm confused.

So how many slot is available after those that would have been shared to top government officials? Lemme just say 158,000 graduates apply for the remaining 300 slots.

4th biggest oil exporter, making billions of Naira daily, yet so much hunger and unemployment in the land, I pledge to My country Nigeria.

Na wen I never start work na im
any prospective employer fit mess me up as e like, because I dey find work. Imagine make I leave Lagos go write aptitude test for Ilorin! ***recalls the NNPC 2011 recruitment*
I applied but somebody can gladly take my place!

IS ONLY GOD DAT WILL HELP US IN DIS NIGERIA....GOVMENT HAS NO PLAN FOR YOUTHS AT ALL.....IMAGINE 158,000 GRADUATE APPLYING FOR 1,750 JOBS...THATS Y WE SEE GRADUTE RIDING MARUWA

Oga gan oo

Even though Applicants are much, the number of the vacant positions provided by NIMC is ok.

to my graduates,if there arent jobs,make Job...most big establishments in and across the shores of this country were startd my one man,thru ideas,creativity and innovation....i'm sure you can do it

How can that be possible, can 1,750 people handle the Nation wide registration or they are planing to move in their own pple....naija una don start ooooo, spectators are watching.

Maximus17: to my graduates,if there arent jobs,make Job...most big establishments in and across the shores of this country were startd my one man,thru ideas,creativity and innovation....i'm sure you can do it

It is actually the problem of compulsory public education in the country. People go to school to learn to work for money. It would have been a different thing is people learnt to let money work for them. We need financial education or else nothing can be done. Everyday struggling continues

No be small tin oooo

I reside in Lagos but my exam is scheduled to take place at Uni-Ilorin,Kwara state,on the 25th of Feb. Pls anyone with same venue and time should reach me for preparation on my cell,07068612056.Name is Micheal.

All applicants should be ready to answer GMAT staggered questions administered by the consultants-KPMG!

Maximus17: to my graduates,if there arent jobs,make Job...most big establishments in and across the shores of this country were startd my one man,thru ideas,creativity and innovation....i'm sure you can do it

I wish our graduates would stop hunting for jobs and create job with the knowledge they have already acquired.It is high time we stop being lazy.