No fewer than three hundred thousand applications were received for the seven hundred and fifty positions advertised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC.

Its Director of Public Affairs, Osita Nwaja, announced the figures in Enugu when he visited the Enugu zonal office of the News Agency of Nigeria, saying the recruitment was segmented, adding that the first phase of the exercise ended on June twenty-six.

Nwaja said the criteria were well spelt out and those that met them wrote the examination, saying by the recruitment, the EFCC had moved to fortify its ranks in view of the onerous task of fighting corruption.

According to him, the agency must keep on recruiting foot soldiers to meet the objective as it is geared toward the direction of making Nigeria greater.

The director said the commission would not fail Nigerians, but could not fight corruption alone, saying if the fight against corruption must be won, all Nigerians and institutions must join as this affects the common man.

Responding, the South East Zonal Manager of NAN, Vincent Okwor, said the agency was open to collaborating with the commission in achieving its mandate, saying the visit would afford the agency and the commission the opportunity to build on the already existing relationship at the zonal level.