The Ministry of Labour and Employment said on Monday it has not started collecting curriculum vitae (CVs) to start recruiting Nigerians for employment.
The ministry made this clarification in reaction to an online publication, which has gone viral, that graduates should not submit their CVs for employment.
In a statement on Monday, the ministry said Dr. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment’s attention has been drawn to an online publication requesting unemployed Nigerian youths to submit applications for employment at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment Headquarters and Zonal offices nationwide.
The statement added: “The general public is hereby advised to disregard this false directive as it did not emanate from the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
“In view of the apprehension the above false information has generated, it is pertinent to point out that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to the creation of decent employment opportunities for the teeming unemployed Nigerians and has perfected plans for massive job creation through well-thought-out programmes such as Graduate Teachers Conversion Programme, Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS), Vocational Skills Acquisition and Upgrading, Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) for the vulnerable persons including market women.
“The general Public will be informed in due course when any of these programmes/schemes is being rolled out.
“The public is hereby warned to disregard the online publication as any person who does otherwise does so at his or her own risk especially when some of the websites have been requesting applicants to pay what they dubbed ‘application fees’.”
-Vanguard
