{"id":59122,"date":"2017-08-09T17:43:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59122"},"modified":"2017-08-09T17:43:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:43:49","slug":"nnpc-raises-alarm-recruitment-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nnpc-raises-alarm-recruitment-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"NNPC Raises Alarm on Recruitment Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has, for the umpteenth<br \/>\ntime, reiterated that it has not launched a recruitment campaign of any<br \/>\nkind for now.<\/p>\n<p>The latest clarification is coming on the heels of a fresh recruitment<br \/>\nadvert purportedly from the Corporation being circulated by e-mails and on<br \/>\nvarious social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Corporation\u2019s spokesman, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed<br \/>\nthat the advert which is on a fake letterhead complete with NNPC logo is<br \/>\npurportedly signed by the Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, and<br \/>\nthe Chief Operating Officer, Refineries, Mr. Anibor Kragha, and directs<br \/>\nunsuspecting applicants to send their applications to a fake e-mail<br \/>\naddress:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:nnpccareersrecruitment@gmail.com\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">nnpccareersrecruitment@gmail.<wbr \/>com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shedding more light on the scam, Mr. Ughamadu said another form of the<br \/>\nscam involved text messages, e-mails, and letters inviting gullible job<br \/>\nseekers for fake job interviews at the NNPC Towers and other locations<br \/>\nacross the country with a view to extorting money from them.<\/p>\n<p>He called on members of the public, especially applicants, to<br \/>\ndiscountenance any of such adverts or spurious invitations for job<br \/>\ninterviews as the Corporation was currently not recruiting, stressing that<br \/>\nanyone who entertains such invitations does so at his or her own risk.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ughamadu advised that anyone contacted for the purpose of the fake<br \/>\nrecruitment should not hesitate to report such invitations to relevant law<br \/>\nenforcement agencies, adding that the Corporation would continue to engage<br \/>\nsecurity agencies on the scam.<\/p>\n<p>He said NNPC Management under the leadership of Dr. Maikanti Baru would<br \/>\nsustain the prevailing culture of transparency and accountability which<br \/>\nhas witnessed the conduct of open public bidding in sourcing for<br \/>\ncontractors and suppliers of goods and services for its day-to-day<br \/>\noperations, including recruitment exercises, stressing that NNPC will<br \/>\nadvertise all vacant positions in national newspapers whenever it was<br \/>\nready to recruit.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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