The Federal Government has advised  Nigerians to be wary of recruitment racketeers.  The warning came against the backdrop of social media publications that President Bola Tinubu ordered massive recruitment into some government agencies.

The agencies listed in the report are the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),  Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) and   Federal Fire Service  (FFS).

All the agencies are under the Ministry of Interior.

Responding to the reports, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB)  acknowledged a presidential approval for the recruitment of personnel in the four paramilitary services, but insisted that due process would be followed.  

The board’s Secretary, Maj. Gen. Abdulmalik Jibrin said in a statement that “there are a series of processes which lead to the actual recruitment exercise.”

He said: “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.

“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.”