I salute the courage of the IT folks at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for their foresight by opening up recruitment exercise of the agency to the public via the internet.

The platform is good and nice, a great initiative indeed! The site and subsequent TV and other media ads has increase the awareness of the agency and consequently helped it hit our top fifty ranking of Nigerian sites.

We must also recognize the impact of unemployment in the country and how people are beginning to troop on to the site. My concern really is, will this not make corrupt people get employment into the agency (as in the case of police)?

NDLEA is an agency setup by the government to tackle the menace of drug trafficking in and out of the country. They have performed quite well in recent years! If you want to stop the scourge of drug trafficking in the country why not join them?

BSC Degree is required for the top spot while minimum of O’Level (SSCE, WAEC, GCE, NECO) is required for other cadre of the agency.

While I like the initiative, I am totally against the N1,500 scratch card being sold to applicant. It’s a government agency and I expect that it should be compassionate to the economic situation of the country. I know is not a profit driven sector, so why are they charging this much? If my calculation doesn’t fail me, the agency can make as much as N1.5billion naira if a million people apply for the program. I really am not sure if they will need up to a thousand staff!

This is fish… I beg!