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.
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.