Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that there was no discrimination in the
various requirements in the corporation’s recruitment process.
Mr Ndu Ughamadu, the NNPC Group
General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division disclosed this on Monday in an
interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
The National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS) in a statement on Sunday rejected the requirement for
recruitment by the NNPC alleging it was an anti-poor and anti-masses.
The association further gave the
corporation a 72-hour ultimatum to withdraw all alleged anti-poor and
anti-masses conditions in the criteria.
Also, an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr
Pelumi Olajengbesi, had threatened to drag the management of the NNPC to court
following what he described as “discriminatory” recruitment process.
He vowed to approach the court to
ensure the protection of the fundamental rights of Nigerians who were qualified
to apply but were barred from participating because of age criteria.
“No, there was no discrimination
in the criteria, If there is anything, the corporation is supposed to be
commended now that it is trying to recruit to reduce the unemployment in the
country.
“Our criterion was based on
carefully thought out criteria of which we carried out a survey to arrive at
all those criteria that were stipulated,’’ he said.
According to him, the corporation
over the years has sustained the standard.
He added that the recruitment
criteria were of four categories which every interested Nigeria should explore.
“There are in many categories,
there are four, if you didn’t meet one category, you move to the next, if you
didn’t meet the second, you go to the third and so on.
“For the graduate trainee, we put
age level at 28 years, the second 34, the third 37 and the last 40. So, any
Nigerian looking for employment that falls within any of the four categories is
qualified,’’ he added.
He said that it was unfortunate
that some people after attempting and were not successful alleged
discriminatory in its selection process.
Commenting on the 72 hours
ultimatum by NANS to reverse the criteria or they would embark on a protest, he
said that NANS should focus on their studies to graduate first with good
certificates.
“NANS should pass their
examination first and graduate after which they will be qualified for
employment.
“What NANS should face now is to
study very hard and graduate and make a reasonable degree. They have not
graduated yet and they are looking for employment,’’ he said.
The corporation opened a
recruitment portal from March 13 to March 26 and has started short-listing of
qualified candidates.
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