Modupe Gbadeyanka
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised members of the public to “disregard any announcement of recruitment or invitation to recruitment interview” because at the moment, “it is not carrying out any recruitment exercise” as being claimed by some.
“We are constrained to announce, once again, that NNPC is not recruiting at the moment. Members of the public are, therefore, advised to disregard any vacancy announcement on any online or social media platform as they are the handiwork of fraudsters intent on fleecing innocent Nigerians,” a statement issued by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, emphasised.
This disclaimer, we gathered, is the third in recent times and it is coming on the heels of recurrent fraudulent vacancy announcements on various social media platforms purporting to have emanated from the state oil firm.
Shedding more light on the method of operation of the fake job syndicate, the NNPC explained that the group deploys various means ranging from text messages, vacancy announcement on social media platforms and forged letters inviting gullible job seekers for non-existing job interviews with a view to extorting money from them.
It said, “To this end, we wish to once again appeal to members of the public, particularly unsuspecting applicants, to be wary of fraudulent vacancy announcements or invitations for job interviews at the NNPC Towers. Anyone who entertains such invitations or deals with peddlers of such invitation does so at his or her own risk.”
The statement further emphasized the determination of the NNPC management under the leadership of Mr Maikanti Baru to sustain the prevailing gale of transparency and accountability which has witnessed the conduct of open public bidding in sourcing for contractors and suppliers of goods and services for its day-to-day operations, including recruitment exercises.
NNPC urged anyone contacted for the purpose of the purported recruitment other than through advertisement it duly placed in national newspapers not to hesitate to report such invitations to relevant law enforcement agencies.
