In Nigeria, education checks are allowed and permissible where appropriate. Health checks can only be done for manual and clerical workers.

Zinc's background check turnaround times

Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
4
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
12.57
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25

Right-to-work rules

Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
No
Any other routes (any type of citizen)

N/A

Body name
TBC
Foreign Citizens

N/A

Natural citizens: Alternative routes

N/A

Background check summary

Education Checks: permissible
Criminal Checks: some restrictions
Address: some restrictions
Country details
Birthrate
40.43
Population
206,139,589
capital
Abuja
GDP ($/capita)
900
TLD
.ng
developed/developing
Developing
Currency
Naira
Net migration
0.26
Literacy(%)
68

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