Over 2000 first class graduates were among 700,000 applicants jostling for 500 job openings at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Recall that the FIRS recently advertised job openings in major dailies in Nigeria.
The FIRS boss, Mr Tunde Fowler disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition.
Fowler’s appearance at the lower chamber followed a petition from some applicants, who claimed to have been excluded from the employment processes.
The Service had invited applications for various positions in series of adverts placed in some national dailies.
Fowler said that out of the 700,000 applicants more than 2,000 had first class degrees in various disciplines and were qualified to be engage by the Service.
He said that FIRS would recruit only 500 people, adding that the exercise was designed to increase manpower for tax revenue collection and expand the country’s revenue base.
He assured that the organisation would ensure fairness and due process in the recruitment process.
