The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced that the physical screening and documentation exercise for all successful candidates who applied for recruitment into the Service will take place at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, NCCSC, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
In a statement signed on 1 September, 2026 by the National Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, PhD, mnipr, mniia, the Service said the exercise is scheduled to hold at the College.
According to the statement, all shortlisted candidates are required to appear with both the original and photocopies of the following documents: National Identification Number, NIN; original Birth Certificate or Declaration of Age; and educational certificate(s), including O’Level, ND, HND, Degree or other applicable qualifications.
Candidates must also present a Certificate of State of Origin; two, 2, recent passport photographs; a completed Guarantor’s Form; and an NYSC Certificate, where applicable.
The Service added that candidates are required to wear a white T-shirt, shorts, and canvas shoes for the exercise.
“Candidates are reminded to report only on the date allocated to their respective states and cadres. Attendance at the physical screening and documentation exercise is compulsory, and failure to appear as scheduled may lead to disqualification from the recruitment process,” the statement said.
It further stated that upon successful completion of the exercise, shortlisted candidates will receive further instructions from the NCS regarding subsequent stages of the recruitment process.
The NCS, under the leadership of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, and his management team, assured all candidates and the general public of a transparent, fair and merit-based recruitment process.
The Service urged candidates to rely solely on official NCS communications channels for authentic information regarding the exercise.