At the ongoing recruitment process of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the agency has discriminated against married candidates by barring them from applying for the advertised job roles.
The agency had publicized a document dated January 15, 2020, disclosing ‘Recruitment of Detective Assistants, Detective Inspectors and Detective Superintendents,’ in which it also stated that all applicants “must be single.”
The document read that for detective assistants, applicant must not be more than 21 years old, must have Senior Secondary School Certificate and must be single; for detective inspectors, the commission stated that an applicant must not be more than 25, must have an NCE or a National Diploma and “must be single”.
For detective superintendent applicants, an applicant must not be more than 27, must have a first degree, must have completed the National Youth Service Corps programme and “must be single”.
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, an affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress, shunned the action of the EFCC which discriminated against married applicants.
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The PUNCH gathered from the Director-General of NECA, Timothy Olawale, that the EFCC’s action was contrary to the International Labour Organisation’s conventions.
Olawale said,
“The issue of inclusion is one of the problems we have in this country. We always find a way to exclude people. One of the principles of fair recruitment is fairness. What the EFCC has done is in contravention of ILO conventions.
“During recruitment, you don’t segregate any class. Even if you will apply some factors discretionally in the course of recruitment, you don’t make it public. What offence have married people committed?”
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