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House Seeks Ban On Recruitment Fees In MDAs

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SAN FRANCISCO, September 19, (THEWILL) – Reprieve has come the way of job seekers in the country as the House of Representatives Thursday called on all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to suspend charging fees for processing of applications into vacant jobs.

The decision was taken following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon. Abiodun Abudu-Balogun seeking to stop the menace of employment scam on the internet in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has mandated the committees on police affairs and public safety and national security, justice and the panel on reform of government Institutions to interface with the police, State Security Service (SSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other security agencies to put a stop to the ugly trend.

In his lead debate, the lawmaker lamented the alarming rate of unemployment in Nigeria, especially among graduates and young school leavers but expressed concern that many Nigerians, in their desperation for jobs, fall victims to fake recruitment advertisements on the Internet.

He argued that such advertisements were usually posted by dubious persons purportedly acting on behalf of many public and private organisations.

The lawmaker further said that these fake recruitment agents extort huge sums of money in the guise of “registration fees” from unsuspecting Nigerians.

According to him, “these scammers usually use the names of big organisations such as oil companies and security agencies to carry out their nefarious activities.

“The scammers are even adding an international dimension to their operations by offering fake job opportunities outside Nigeria.”

Also on Thursday, the House consolidated and passed for second reading two proposed pieces of legislation while tasking the Committee on Rules and Business to schedule a date for the debate next week.

They are, a Bill for an Act to amend the Nigerian Communications Commission Act, 2003 to empower the Police and Security Agencies to track, intercept, monitor conversation, text messages and Internet communications involving suspected terrorists, criminals, and a Bill for an Act to amend the Nigerian Communications Commission Act, Cap.N97, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 to provide automatic access to the database of all subscribers to the Nigerian Police and other security agencies in the country.

By Saint Mugaga, Abuja

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