FCC drags Customs to courtroom over 2025/2026 recruitment violation

The Federal Character Commission, FCC, has dragged the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and its Comptroller-General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, earlier than the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged breaches of the Federal Character Commission Act throughout the Service’s 2025/2026 recruitment train.

The authorized motion comes after the FCC sought entry to recruitment paperwork and oversight of the train to make sure adherence to the Federal Character precept.

According to the cost, the NCS allegedly didn’t launch requested recruitment information, together with nominal rolls, regardless of receiving a proper letter from the fee on March 25, 2026.

The NCS was additionally accused of failing to current key phases of the recruitment course of to the FCC for monitoring.

Additionally, the fee alleges that the NCS didn’t adjust to its October 23, 2026 directive to droop specified recruitment and coaching actions pending a assessment.

The cost additional alleges that the NCS failed to offer clear recruitment standards and complete eligibility pointers, stopping the fee from figuring out the state and geopolitical distribution of obtainable vacancies.

The fee emphasised that monitoring recruitment, accessing related information, and making certain equitable illustration are statutory obligations, not non-obligatory necessities that public establishments might disregard.