The recruitment website of the Federal Civil Service Commission of Nigeria (FCSC) is down barely hours after the commission announced commencement of massive recruitment for 2017/2018 into some ministries and agencies.
A visit to the website, as at the time of filling this report returns a “Error establishing a database connection” message.
The error message has been attributed to traffic, and applicants have been advised to keep on trying as the downtime is being attended to by webmasters at the commission.
The recruitment exercise which is to last for a period of six weeks offers a full time job for Ordinary National Diploma (OND), Higher National Diploma (HND) and B.A./B.Sc. degree holders in all 36 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The ministries where placements are needed are Federal Ministry of Information; Federal Ministry of Environment; Federal Ministry of Justice; Federal Ministry of Trade and Investments; and Bureau of Public Procurement.
Application forms are also available at States Civil Service Commissions in the six geopolitical zones at no cost.
These include: North-West, Kaduna; North-East, Yola; North-Central and the Federal Capital Territory, Mabushi in Abuja; South-East, Owerri; South-South, Port Harcourt; and South-West, Ibadan.
Interested applicants can also collect their forms at FCSC’s Headquarters at 4, Abidjan Street, Zone 3, Wuse, Abuja.
Completed application forms must be submitted where collected on or not later than six weeks using a sealed envelope that states the domiciling ministry, the post applied for and addressed to: The Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, 4, Abidjan Street, Zone 3, Wuse, Abuja.
