Internet fraudsters have targeted at least 7,000 applicants seeking the National Population Commission (NPC’s) ad-hoc jobs ahead of the National Population Census in Nasarawa State.
This was disclosed by the NPC commissioner
for the state, Mr. Silas Agara, when he appeared on Option FM 92:3 FM Akwanga’s
programme, “Matters Arising” on Tuesday.
He said more than 70,000 persons applied for
the 15,000 NPC’s ad-hoc jobs allocated to the state.
He said tentatively 70,782 job seekers
applied to serve as supervisors and enumerators during the exercise.
He, however, said the number of ad-hoc staff
required for the exercise in the state is 7,000 across all 13 local
government areas.
He said the desperation for the limited
spaces enabled the scammers to take advantage of the people, noting that over
7,000 of them were defrauded by fake approvals on the internet.
Agara said his office had been flooded by job
seekers and their relatives daily over the ad-hoc jobs while urging applicants
to be patient because of the limited space.
He said, “A total of 70,782 applied and what
we needed is only 15,000 ad-hoc staff to conduct the forthcoming census in
Nasarawa State”
“In Karu local government area, 18,000 applicants applied, and all we needed was 4,000. In Lafia local
government area of the state, 11,900 applied, but only 3,000 is needed. In
Akwanga, 6,600 applied, but only 509 are needed for the job,” he said.
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