Trust African News, By Ruth Adedolapo
The National Population Commission (NPC) has vehemently denied the supposed recruitment exercise currently going on, as it says it is not doing any recruitment exercise at this moment.
The body, in a statement warns the general public to be wary of such notice on social media, saying it is the handiwork of fraudulent Nigerians.
Below is the statement:
The attention of the National Population Commission has been drawn to the circulation in social media platforms of a fake ‘NPC RECRUITMENT 2022/2023’ Portal, inviting Nigerians to apply for employment for the Trial Census and the 2023 Census. The Commission wishes to state that this information is totally false and misleading,and should therefore be treated as a scam by fraudsters to swindle unsuspecting members of the public, particularly job applicants
The Commission disassociates itself from the portal and reiterates the fact that its recruitment Portal for the ongoing trial Census is no longer active and was shut down the moment the Commission concluded its recruitment process for the exercise.
It will be recalled that on the 30th May,2022, the Commission v announced through its social media platforms and also widely reported on their national mainstream media, the opening of snve-recruitment Portal,http://recruitment.adhoctrial.nationalpopulation.gov.ng for there recruitment of ad-hoc staff for the trial census exercise Nationwide. The recruitment of the 14.461 field functionaries has been concluded and the Trial census commenced on 27th June 2022.
The Commission wishes to assure Nigerians of its commitment to transparency in the conduct of all activities related to conduct of the 2023 Census including the recruitment of the ad hoc staff. All communication on issuesv relating to the commission will be disseminated through its official platforms which include media advertisements,the NPC website and verified social media platforms.
Furthermore, National Population Commission is taking every measure you uncover those behind the fraudulent recruitment site.Similarly, scammers are warned to desist from this inglorious act as the commission will not hesitate to bring the full weight of the law to bear on perpetrators in its quest to conduct the first fully digital Population and housing Census in Nigeria next year that will be credible and acceptable
