The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was disrupted for hours in Lokoja, Kogi State on Tuesday when one of the applicants, a male, collapsed suddenly and died.

The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Olisegun Martins, who confirmed the incident said that the applicant collapsed shortly after successfully completing about a two-kilometre race.

Martins said that the applicant had completed the race and even dropped his tally before he suddenly fainted and collapsed.

According to the commander, a team of medical officials of the FRSC joined by their Nigerian Army counterparts quickly attended to the applicant and administered first aid on him.

He was later taken into the army clinic in the Chari Megumeiri Barracks where the recruitment was taking place for treatment.

Martins said, however, that the applicant died barely 30 minutes after he was admitted into the clinic.

On Sept. 25, the FRSC commenced the recruitment of 4,000 people out of some 324,000 shortlisted applicants.

Meanwhile, applicants in FCT have commended the  Commission for its commitment in ensuring the exercise was well coordinated and hitch free.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the FRSC scheduled its screening exercise and physical fitness assessment on recruitment for Sept. 24 to 29.

NAN also reports that the venue for the screening exercise are the National stadium and Mogadishu cantonment, Abuja, respectively.

Eziemefe Godslove, an applicant said that he was amazed at the commitment and organization of the screening officials during the exercise.

”I got here  6 a.m and to my surprise,  the FRSC officials were already on ground coordinating and attending to applicants who came early.

“I was impressed because it meant they will attend to me on time and here I am, almost done with my screening.

Egbekwu Ndozie, another applicant said that the officers on ground had been treating them well and it was well coordinated, as applicants were paired in groups to aid a fast and orderly screening.

He, however, noticed that there were applicants spilled from Monday screening exercise to Tuesday, due to one reason or the another.

However, Akinpelu Emmanuel, an applicant, was of the opinion that some part of the screening exercise could have been done online to save time and ease stress.

According to him, the commission could have employed the use of online registration, noting that technology had made such screening exercises easier.