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The federal government has promoted 32,361 personnel of all ranks in the parastatals under the ministry of interior.

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, who was represented by Ahmed Audi, commandant-general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), announced the development at a press briefing on Friday.

He described the number of officers approved for promotion as “unprecedented”.

“Today, December 1, 2023, arising from the meeting with the board of immigration, the board of civil defense, immigration, corrections and fire service board, where the minister of interior presided, we approved the following numbers of promotion of personnel for all the services in the ministry,” he said.

“The details are as follows: for Nigerian Correction Service, a total number of 4,498 personnel have been promoted to the next rank out of 7,000 that sat for the examination. That is a departure from last year. There’s an improvement in the number of vacancies that were obtained from the service.

“For Nigeria Immigration Service, we have 4,598 personnel promoted this quarter across various ranks. That is out of 6,544. That is also a departure and improvement from last year. The next one is the Federal Fire Service, where we have 1,680 out of 1,698. There is also an improvement from that of last year. And this is across various ranks.

“The last one is the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence, which is unprecedented. This is the first time we’re having this sizable number promoted in the service.”

He added that out of 25,921 persons who sat for the NSCDC exam, the board promoted 21,385.