The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dispelled rumours that the Corps was “recruiting underground” and carrying out replacement exercise.
The Corps Public
Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel Okeh, said this in a statement in Abuja. Okeh said the Commandant-General (CG) of the
Corps, Mr Abdullahi Muhammadu, had urged job seekers and the general
public to disregard the rumour. Muhammadu said the false information was a
gimmick being peddled by fraudsters to defraud unsuspecting applicants of their
hard earned money.
He noted that a
number of unemployed Nigerian youths had shown interest in enlisting in the
Corps. “And this has attracted some
dubious individuals who have resorted to spreading false news and sending text
messages to them on non-existing recruitment and replacement exercises,” he
said. The CG stated categorically that the Corps would advertise its existing
vacancies before the end of the year for interested candidates to apply.
This, he said,
would be done as soon as fund was made available to the corps. He said that the
documentation and data capturing exercise for personnel presently going on at
the State Commands of the Corps nationwide was being misconstrued by criminally
minded individuals to mean recruitment or replacement exercise. He said further
that the fraudsters were all out to take the advantage of the ongoing exercise
to drive home their aim of defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians.
“That due to the
forthcoming promotion exercise, the Corps is only issuing old letters of
appointment and promotion to personnel who merited it. “But for administrative reasons they were
unable to receive their letters in the last exercise conducted and it is
expedient for them to document at this point in time due to the forthcoming promotion
exercise,” he said. The CG, therefore, advised applicants to exercise patience
and wait for the appropriate time the Corps would advertise its existing
vacancies in major National Newspapers.
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