JOB SCAM: NIS Denies Fake Aide to Interior Minister
Oru Leonard
The NIgerian Immigration Service has disowned media reports by one Babangida Tanko who is involved in employment racketeering, claiming to be an aide to the Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.
In a statement signed by the NIS Spokesperson, ACI Amos Okpu, the Service received a report alleging that the said Mr. Tanko collected sums of money from unsuspecting members of the public with the promise of securing job placements for then into the Service.
“The acting Comptroller General of Immigration Isah Jere Idris wishes to use this medium to state that Mr. Babangida Tanko though a Personnel of the Service, is not an aide to the Minister of Interior and so the alleged actions do not represent what the Service or Ministry stands for. He has ordered an investigation into the allegation with a view to unraveling his level of culpability for necessary disciplinary actions”, Amos noted.
He reiterated that recruitment exercises into the Service are usually publicized in the media including the Service’s website, uging interested applicants to apply via a dedicated online platform and follow due selection processes including computer-based examination and physical screening conducted before successful candidates are formally notified.
NIS enoined the public to discountenance any promises for job placements into the Service by anyone to avoid being swindled by criminal elements who are out there to deceive unsuspecting members of the public.
