No fewer than 300,000 applications were received for the 750 positions advertised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), an official has said.
Director of Public Affairs Osita Nwaja, stated this in Enugu when he visited the Enugu zonal office of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Nwaja said the recruitment was segmented, adding that the first phase ended on June 26.
“We had more than 300,000 applicants that applied for the 750 positions which are in three cadres, junior, middle and senior cadres.
“The criteria were well spelt out and those that met them wrote the examination,” he said.
Nwaja said by the recruitment, the EFCC had moved to fortify its ranks in view of the onerous task of fighting corruption.
“The fight against corruption is fundamental to everything we do in this country. It is a fight we cannot afford to lose.
“We must keep on recruiting foot soldiers to meet our objective as it is geared towards the direction of making Nigeria greater,” he said.
Nwaja reiterated the commission’s determination to bring corrupt office holders to book, saying: “Vomit what you stole. We gave you this thing to keep and you ate it and then you are claiming right.”
“You are throwing impunity at our faces and that is not right. And that is what EFCC is saying. It is not right.
“We must bring them to justice. The accused persons themselves have stolen billions.
“And then they will go and hire all the lawyers they can and this is where we have the problems with some of these lawyers.
“Recently we took some of them to court and then they appeared in support of themselves.
“Over 100 Senior Advocates of Nigeria to defend one man. We are talking about 103 chambers in defence of one man.
“That is immoral to say the very least.”