The Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says it has neither published any
advertisement on job interviews nor embarked on any recruitment of workers.
The
clarification followed a fresh recruitment advertisement purportedly placed by
the corporation now in circulation on the social media.
A statement
by NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, said the advert on a fake letterhead with NNPC
logo, was allegedly signed by the Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, and
the Chief Operating Officer, Refineries, Anibor Kragha.
Mr. Ughamadu
said the purported advert had directed unsuspecting applicants to send their
applications to a fake e-mail address: nnpccareersrecruitment@gmail.com.
According to
him, another form of the scam is the circulation of text messages, e-mails and
letters inviting gullible job seekers for fake job interviews at the NNPC
Towers and other locations.
The
spokesman said the purported job interview invitation was designed to extort
money from desperate job seekers.
He advised
the public, especially applicants, to disregard such adverts or spurious
invitations for job interviews, saying that anyone who entertains such invitations
does so at his or her own risk.
According to
him, anyone contacted for the purpose of the fake recruitment should report
such invitations to relevant law enforcement agencies.
Mr. Ughamadu
said that the corporation would continue to engage security agencies to tackle
the ongoing scam and the perpetrators.
He assured
the public that Maikanti Baru-led NNPC management would sustain the prevailing
culture of transparency and accountability.
He added
that the wave of transparency in the corporation had yielded positive results,
including the conduct of open public bidding to source for contractors and
suppliers of goods and services.
Mr. Ughamadu
noted that the corporation’s previous recruitments had been conducted
transparently, assuring that NNPC would always advertise all vacant positions
in national newspapers ahead of any recruitment.
(NAN)
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