The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced that over 1.9 million Nigerians have applied for just 30,000 positions in the nation’s paramilitary agencies.

This is acording to figures published on the board’s recruitment portal, www.recruitment.cdcfib.gov.ng, on Monday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that before the online application process began, the board had disclosed plans to recruit no fewer than 30,000 applicants into the agencies.

Statistics from the exercise show that Kogi State recorded the highest number of applicants at 116,243, followed by Kaduna with 114,599, and Benue with 110,644.

The full breakdown is as follows: Kano – 89,421; Niger – 79,567; Kwara – 78,467; Katsina – 76,917; Nasarawa – 76,677; Adamawa – 68,381; Oyo – 67,255; Plateau – 63,450; Osun – 62,399; Borno – 56,955; Ondo – 53,963; Akwa Ibom – 52,531; Bauchi – 52,159; Imo – 48,301; Taraba – 45,188; Gombe – 45,074; Jigawa – 44,468; Ogun – 42,070; Enugu – 41,291; Yobe – 38,169; Kebbi – 34,612.

Others are; Edo – 33,581; Anambra – 32,933; Ekiti – 32,719; Cross River – 32,226; Abia – 31,716; Sokoto – 31,155; Federal Capital Territory – 30,320; Zamfara – 29,282; Delta – 27,980; Ebonyi – 23,617; Rivers – 22,217; Lagos – 14,221; and Bayelsa – 11,680.

The board added that shortlisted candidates would be contacted in due course with further instructions.

“Please, monitor your email and text messages in the coming weeks, for notifications,” the statement read.

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