The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service has warned applicants in its ongoing recruitment exercise against engaging with unofficial social media groups and individuals claiming to represent the agency, insisting that its recruitment process is free and does not require any payment.
The advisory comes amid growing concerns over recruitment scams targeting job seekers across Nigeria, with fraudsters increasingly creating fake WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook groups to extort money from applicants by promising employment in government agencies.
Government agencies have repeatedly cautioned applicants against falling victim to recruitment scams, stressing that official recruitment exercises are conducted transparently through designated communication channels without demanding payments from prospective employees.
In a public advisory issued on Monday and signed by the Director of Human Resources, ACG Issaka Ahmed, for the Chairman of the Board, the agency said it had observed “the creation of several unofficial groups and social media platforms falsely claiming to represent the Service or provide recruitment updates.”
The agency urged applicants to rely only on its official communication channels for information about the recruitment exercise.
