The Nigerian Navy has commenced the
2017 recruitment exercise by for
citizens of the country who want to join
the security body.
The exercise commenced today, July 1
with the Nigerian Navy opening its
online portal, l for the free registration
exercise.
As released by the security organisation,
applicants for this year's exercise
possess at least one of the following:
1. West African School Certificate/
Senior Secondary School Certificate.
2. General Certificate of Education
Ordinary Level.
3. WAEC City and Guilds or London City
and Guilds.
4. Ordinary National Diploma (OND).
5. Any other educational qualification
equivalent to those mentioned above.
The Nigerian Navy also listed the requirements
for the exercise
The Navy said while all applicants are to
produce their primary school leaving
certificate.
For the exercise, applicants with HND,
higher educational and professional
qualifications are not qualified
according to the Nigerian Navy.
Apart from this, "the applicants must be
between the ages of 18 and 22 years at
the time of entry into the training school
for school certificate holders, while 24
years of age is the acceptable limit for
those with higher qualifications like
Nurses, NCE holders, ICT professionals,
etc.
"Candidates are therefore warned that it
is an offence to declare false
educational /professional qualification.
This attracts outright withdrawal or
dismissal and hand over to civil police
for prosecution.
"Any certificate or qualification not
declared or tendered and accepted during
the recruitment exercise is not
acceptable after recruitment and cannot
be tendered for the purpose of change of
branch or advancement while in the
naval service.
"Only qualifications obtained through
proper service provisions are tenable
after joining."
The requirement stipulated further that
the applicants must be single and not
have children before joining.
The applicant are to print out the
parent/guardian consent and local
government attestation forms.
Also to be disqualified are applicants
with short sightedness, ear problem,
previous orthopaedic operation, flat
foot, below the required height of 1.70
for males and 1.67 for females, fracture,
stammering or any natural disability.p
None of the applicants should have any
previous conviction by a court of law on
criminal .
