Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has
neither published any advertisement on job interviews nor embarked on any
recruitment of workers.
A statement by NNPC spokesman, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, said the
advert on a fake letterhead with NNPC logo, was allegedly signed by the Group
Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, and the Chief Operating Officer,
Refineries, Mr. Anibor Kragha.
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 advises 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.
Ughamadu said that the corporation would continue to engage
security agencies to tackle the ongoing scam and the perpetrators.
By Wale Odunsi
