NAQS Releases Recruitment Shortlist, Sets CBT For August 20 

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service has announced that applicants for its ongoing recruitment exercise can now check the status of their applications on the agency’s official recruitment portal.

The agency disclosed this in a notice signed by its Director of Human Resources, ACG Issaka Ahmed, and published on its official X handle on Wednesday.

According to the notice, applicants can check their recruitment status by logging in to the recruitment portal using their registered details.

“Applicants and members of the public are hereby informed that the status of applications is now available for checking on the official recruitment portal,” the agency stated.

NAQS further advised applicants whose status shows that they have progressed to the next stage to prepare for the Computer-Based Test.

The agency said the CBT is scheduled to commence online through the recruitment portal on Thursday, August 20, 2026.

It added that applicants would receive further information about the specific CBT schedule through the email addresses they provided during registration.

NAQS urged applicants to remain alert and rely only on information released through its official communication channels to avoid falling victim to fraudulent recruitment messages.

The latest development comes after the agency postponed the release of the recruitment shortlist, which was originally scheduled for August 13.

NAQS had explained that the postponement was necessary to ensure that the recruitment process was conducted in a thorough, transparent and accurate manner.

The recruitment exercise opened on July 28 and closed on August 10, attracting 606,928 attempted applications, according to the agency. Of that number, 407,659 applications were successfully submitted.