Short Service Combatant (SSC) Commission Officers at Nigerian Army

ENTRY REQUIREMENT
All applicants must satisfy the following conditions:

• Be a Nigerian as defined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• Be a male or female  between the ages of 24 and 29 years.
• Be medically and physically fit.
• Be recommended by at least 2 recognizable referees who must attest to the applicant's character and integrity.  Serving military personnel must be recommended by their commanding officers.
• Civilians could be recommended by a Local Government Chairman/Secretary or an officer of the Armed Forces not below the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel and equivalent or an Assistant Commissioner of Police and above who must hail from the state of the applicant.
• Candidates must submit a letter of Attestation from their former institutions.
• Measure at least 1.68m (for male) and 1.65m (for female) in height.
• Must not have been convicted by any  court of law.
• Possess at least a first degree of not less than Second Class Lower Division or HND of not less than Lower Credit in the arts, sciences or humanities from any recognized institution of learning.
• Possess valid birth certificate endorsed by the National Population Commission, Hospital or Local Government Council or valid age declaration.
• Possess a valid certificate of state of origin.
• Applicants (less serving members of the Armed Forces) must possess NYSC discharge certificate or a valid exemption as the case may be.
• Only academic credentials obtained from 2009 to date will be considered.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

• SSC will be granted for 10 years. Six years will be on active list renewable thereafter for a period up to 3 years. No extension is allowed after the ninth year of commission except on conversion to Regular Combatant where applicable.
• Officer cadets who successfully complete the military training shall be granted the rank of Second Lieutenant.
• Conversion to regular commission is not automatic. It is based on  availability of vacancy and other criteria that are or will be in force from time to time.
• All graduating officer cadets must sign an acceptance on the terms and conditions governing the Short Service Combatant Commission before they are granted commission into the Nigerian Army.
• The reckonable period of service will be based on the date of commencement of cadet training of both civilian and military personnel entrants.