The Federal Government has issued a strong warning to Nigerians regarding fake recruitment schemes linked to paramilitary agencies.
It assured citizens that any official vacancies in agencies under the Ministry of Interior will be properly advertised once approval is finalized.
This clarification came in a statement from the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), Maj. Gen. Abdulmalik Jibril (Rtd), following the circulation of a misleading recruitment letter on social media.
“It is important to inform the general public that, though there is a Presidential approval for the recruitment of personnel in the four paramilitary services under its purview, there are a series of processes which lead to the actual recruitment exercise,” the statement read.
The CDCFIB emphasized its commitment to fairness and transparency in all recruitment efforts.
“The Board wishes to reiterate that for all its recruitment processes, appropriate notifications would be done via adverts in the national dailies, and it would be carried out in a fair and transparent process, devoid of payment of any fee.”
It further advised Nigerians to remain vigilant and avoid falling prey to fraudsters posing as recruitment agents.
“To this effect, members of the public should be wary of the activities of recruitment racketeers who may want to take advantage of unsuspecting job seekers to rob them of their hard-earned resources,” the Board warned.
A leaked internal memo from the Ministry of Interior, which appeared to suggest an ongoing recruitment process into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigerian Correctional Service, and Federal Fire Service, recently went viral, sparking widespread concern among job-seeking youths across the country.
