NNPC abandons 10,000 candidates amid alleged secret recruitment
Hundreds of candidates, who have been shortlisted by the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Company to fill positions for the skilled cadre, have written an open letter to the President, Muhammadu Buhari , alleging foul play.
The candidates mentioned whereas those that utilized as graduate trainees had already been employed, others who utilized for the skilled class had not been contacted by the NNPC since June 2019 once they sat exams.
The letter learn partially, “In March 2019, the then NNPC GMD, Dr Maikanti Baru (now deceased) together with his administration staff that included the present GMD, Mallam Mele Kyari, by numerous nationwide newspapers, positioned commercials welcoming functions to vacancies in numerous positions involving graduate trainees and skilled hires after the wants evaluation of the company.
“By June 1, 2019, a CBT aptitude check was performed nationwide for the over 60,000 candidates shortlisted in an open and clear method monitored by main tv stations. After evaluation, about 10,000 candidates handed the check and have been scheduled for interviews between July 1 and 10, 2019 on the NNPC Towers Abuja performed by the completely different company’s technical panels.”
The candidates mentioned the seamless communication and engagement from the NNPC administration on the preliminary levels have been commendable, however issues started to vary after Kyari took over, as nobody communicated with them any longer.
They mentioned on February 14, 2020, the NNPC administration launched the end result of the interview for less than the graduate trainees titled: ‘Exterior Communication on 2019/2020 Recruitment’, the place it was talked about that the skilled element of the recruitment could be addressed sooner or later.
The candidates mentioned a number of makes an attempt by civil society organisations to get the NNPC to finish the train proved abortive, whereas advertorials and open letters to Kyari have been ignored.
The letter additional learn, “The GMD, Mallam Mele Kyari, appeared on the month-to-month webinar programme, the June version of the Nigerian Affiliation of Petroleum Explorationists, and several other questions on this lingering incomplete recruitment have been posed.
“He responded that the ‘skilled rent candidates might be contacted as quickly as doable’. Your Excellency, until date, this pledge has not been fulfilled and nonetheless (there’s) no communication or any type of contact with the affected candidates, who’re very certified Nigerian younger professionals, who’ve been assessed and interviewed by the best technical organ of the company itself.”
They mentioned they’d taken to Twitter to tell the President; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; and the Minister of State for Petroleum Sources, Timipre Sylva, and the matter had generated over 10,000 tweets, however all their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.
The candidates mentioned a number of months after, there had been no progress and so they started listening to that secret recruitment had taken place and solely the kinfolk of Very Vital Individuals have been employed.
In a determined plea, they referred to as on the President to reside as much as his promise to curb corruption by making certain that the method was transparently accomplished.
A textual content message despatched to the Supervisor, Public Affairs, NNPC, Kenny Obateru, had not but been responded to as of the time of submitting this report.
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