Job racketeering: Nasarawa NSUBEB warns public against patronage

By David Odama

Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB) has warned the public, especially applicants who have been screened, interviews for job placement in the ongoing teachers recruitment exercise against patronising job racketeers out to defraud prospective candidates

The board in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Gana Lawal Ahmed and made available to City Post in Lafia on Sunday, said the warning became imperative following credible information about the activities of some nefarious frausters cashing in on the genuine desire of unsuspecting members of the public, especially applicants to secure job placement in the Public service of the state.

“These job racketeers are going about the state, promising to help people, especially those who applied for teaching appointments with the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board by parting with various sums of money to bribe their way through” the statement declared.

“The Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, for umpteenth times made it clear to the general public that it is not selling appointment letters. The process of releasing appointment letters to those to be employed is almost completed”.

“Consequently Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, hereby warns members of the public and applicants against patronising anybody or job syndicate masquerading the state, promising to secure teaching appointments by paying for it”.

“Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board and its staff have nothing to do with this, and in line with government policy, no kobo is being demanded from the job seekers while filling the application forms online and at the physical interviews that were recently concluded.

According to the statement, “nefarious activities of this job racketeering syndicate are deliberate attempt to cast aspersions on the Board’s hard-earned corporate image and truncate the state government’s good intention to create jobs for people in the labour market and fill existing critical vacancies in the public primary schools”.

While assuring the general public that the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board will soon make public the names of the successful candidates for over 4,000 applicants interviewed, the Board appealled to the general public to report anybody or group demanding gratification to secure teaching appointments with Universal Basic Education Board