The
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has, for the umpteenth
time, reiterated that it has not launched a recruitment campaign of any
kind for now.
The latest clarification is coming on
the heels of a fresh recruitment advert purportedly from the Corporation
being circulated by e-mails and on various social media platforms.
A statement by the Corporation’s
spokesman, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed that the advert which is on a
fake letterhead complete with NNPC logo is purportedly signed by the
Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, and the Chief Operating
Officer, Refineries, Mr. Anibor Kragha, and directs unsuspecting
applicants to send their applications to a fake e-mail address: nnpccareersrecruitment@gmail.com.
Shedding more
light on the scam, Mr. Ughamadu said another form of the scam involved
text messages, e-mails, and letters inviting gullible job seekers for
fake job interviews at the NNPC Towers and other locations across the
country with a view to extorting money from them.
He called on members of the public,
especially applicants, to discountenance any of such adverts or spurious
invitations for job interviews as the Corporation was currently not
recruiting, stressing that anyone who entertains such invitations does
so at his or her own risk.
Mr. Ughamadu advised that anyone
contacted for the purpose of the fake recruitment should not hesitate to
report such invitations to relevant law enforcement agencies, adding
that the Corporation would continue to engage security agencies on the
scam.
He said NNPC Management under the
leadership of Dr. Maikanti Baru would sustain the prevailing culture 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,
stressing that NNPC will advertise all vacant positions in national
newspapers whenever it was ready to recruit.
NDU UGHAMADU
Group General Manager
Group Public Affairs Division
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Abuja.
9th August 2017.
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