The Nigerian Navy, today opened their online registration
portal, to all interested candidates for the 2017 recruitment exercise.
It is free of charge for applicants and candidates can apply
online via www.joinnigeriannavvy.com.
Basic requirements for Nigerian Navy recruitment are:
Applicants should possess any of the following educational
and /professional qualifications:
– West African School Certificate/Senior Secondary School
Certificate.
– General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level.
– WAEC City and Guilds or London City and Guilds.
– Ordinary National Diploma (OND).
– Any other educational qualification equivalent to those mentioned above.
– General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level.
– WAEC City and Guilds or London City and Guilds.
– Ordinary National Diploma (OND).
– Any other educational qualification equivalent to those mentioned above.
All applicants must produce their primary school leaving
certificate.
Applicants are to note that entry requirement into the
following categories is SSCE or equivalent: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, C1, D1, D2, D4,
D5, D6, E1, E2, E3, E4, F1, G, H. Any other additional qualifications in these
categories can only serve as an added advantage for selection into the branch
and not for advancement.
Any applicant possessing higher educational/professional
qualification, i.e. HND, BA/BSc, etc other than those stated in Paragraph 1
(a-g) should not apply. Candidates are therefore warned that it is an offence
to declare false educational /professional qualification. This attracts
outright withdrawal or dismissal and hand over to Civil Police for prosecution.
Any certificate or qualification not declared or tendered
and accepted during the recruitment exercise is not acceptable after
recruitment and cannot be tendered for the purpose of change of branch or
advancement while in the Naval service. Only qualifications obtained through
proper service provisions are tenable after joining.
Applicants must be between the ages of 18 – 22 years at the
time of entry into the Training School for school certificate holders, while 24
years of age is the acceptable limit for those with higher qualifications e.g.
Nurses, NCE Holders, ICT Professionals, etc.
Applicants must not be married or have children before
joining.
Applicant is required to print out Parent /Guardian Consent
Form and Local Government Attestation Form.
Applicants must be of Nigerian origin by birth.
Applicants with any of the following problems are NOT to
apply: short sight, ear problem, previous orthopaedic operation, flat foot,
below the required height (Male 1.70, Female 1.67), fracture, stammering or any
natural disability.
Applicants must be free from any previous conviction by
court of law on criminal charges.
By Ifreke Inyang
