Nigeria: NNPC Staff Recruitment Lopsided ~Bayelsa 11, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto Zero.


The recent recruitment by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is lopsided in favour of some states and has not reflected the Federal Character principle, an analysis of the recruitment document obtained by Daily Trust has revealed.


The list of those recruited is due to be released early next month. Insiders allege that the process has ignored qualified candidates from many states, particularly from the northern part of the country.


The list, for instance, shows that out of the total 132 senior officers employed, there were no candidates from Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto. But Bayelsa, the home state of President Goodluck Jonathan and Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke, got 11 slots making it the highest.


Also, Kogi State, where the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Corporation Engineer Austen Oniwon comes from got nine while Rivers and Imo states followed with eight candidates each.


The North East's states of Borno, Taraba, Niger got one slot each while in North Central, Nasarawa, Plateau states and FCT got one slot each.


Insiders told Daily Trust that the lopsidedness did not only stop at the recruitment list but also postings to some of the core technical areas in the industry. The source said most of the northern staff recruited are to fill non-technical positions.


When Daily Trust wrote NNPC demanding to know the recruitment procedure, the number of applicants from each state, points scored by each candidate at the test and interview levels, benchmark points set by the corporation, number of candidates that qualified with their states of origin and number of candidates employed by the corporation and their states or origin in line with Freedom of Information Act (FOI), the corporation said the provision of the Act does not bind statutory corporations like NNPC.


In a letter dated 17th July, 2012 with number CSLD. 1099, signed by the NNPC's Secretary and Legal Adviser, Anthony C. Madichie, the corporation said that: "We are not bound by the provision of the Act."

The letter also reads: "Please be informed that the Freedom of Information Act applies to Public Institution as defined under the Act. In this regards, section 31 of the Act defines Public Institution as follows: '... any legislative, executive judicial, administrative or advisory body of the government, including boards, bureau, committees or commissions of the state, and any subsidiary body of those bodies including but not limited to committees and sub-committees which are supported in whose or in part by public fund or which expends public fund and private bodies providing public services, performing public functions or utilizing public funds'.


When contacted about there ruitment, Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, NNPC Mr. Fidel Pepple said he is not aware of the recruitment list. "I don't have information about that one," Pepple said.


Spokesman for the Federal Character Commission (FCC) Mr. Chuks Okoli told Daily Trust last night that recruitment and placement into government organisations are based on proportion of existing staff.

He said: "If they have up to a hundred and something people recruited, the guideline is that every state must get, but those who are over represented will get less; those who are underrepresented will get more. That is our guidelineand anything outside that is a breach of our guideline."

"Going by our guideline, provided that they are taking a hundred plus people, each state must get but not that they will get equally. It is expected that those who have morein the NNPC will get less and those that are underrepresented will get more."

He said however that the commission will swing into action if any breach of guideline is observed.

The recent recruitment at the NNPC was subject of several controversies. The corporation, in conjunction with a recruitment firm, Phillips Consulting Limited, invited thousands of qualified candidates to an aptitude test which was held on Saturday, March 23, 2011 at various centres across the country.


The interview was conducted in August 2011 but the result was kept in secret due to alleged political interference by highly influential figures.

The list obtained by Daily Trust did not give details about the recruitment of graduate trainees and operators but the corporation said it had recruited 348 Graduate Trainees and 116 Operators, raising the total recruitment 596.

The complete list is as follows:
Abia 5,
Adamawa 4,
Akwa Ibom 4, Anambra 4,
Bauchi 3,
Bayelsa 11,
Benue 4,
Borno 1,
C/River 3,
Delta 4,
Ebonyi 3,
Edo 3,
Ekiti 5,
Enugu 1,
Gombe 4,
Imo 8,
Jigawa 3,
Kaduna 0,
Kano 0,
Katsina 2,
Kebbi 1,
Kogi 9,
Kwara 3,
Lagos 5,
Nasarawa 1,
Niger 1,
Ogun 7,
Ondo 4,
Osun 4,
Oyo 6,
Plateau 1,
Rivers 8,
Sokoto 0,
Taraba 1,
Yobe 4,
Zamfara 4,
FCT 1,
Total Experience 132. Total employed, 596.

Wetin...? Na every soup north sef wan taste..?

Bros, that is the Nigeria we are talking about.

Simple solution is let each region develop and manage their resources.

noblezone: Bros, that is the Nigeria we are talking about.

Simple solution is let each region develop and manage their resources.

Probably the best way to handle it.

d simple reason fo this is that those states already have enough people at d NNPC, so Daily Trust s only making noise. But anyway, NNPC suld respect FOI!

Chanchit: Wetin...? Na every soup north sef wan taste..?

lol. they still think this is Nigeria of yesteryears under the military.

Chanchit: Wetin...? Na every soup north sef wan taste..?

They have had their own taste in the past, the level has changed now.

How many slots did you give the South in your tomatoes, groundnut or cattle factories??

in years to come when the north starts sharing things amongst itself, you all should do well to remember the events of today

torkaka: in years to come when the north starts sharing things amongst itself, you all should do well to remember the events of today

My brother sharing things is not as important as creating opportunities that lead to wealth. It is this idea of sharing things that has made Nigeria to become over dependent on oil and gas.

jomonic:

My brother sharing things is not as important as creating opportunities that lead to wealth. It is this idea of sharing things that has made Nigeria to become over dependent on oil and gas.

[b]you can tell that to the marines [/b]

Why are they recruiting more people only to end up playing ludo game while the refineries cannot function up to quarter of it's installed capacity? . . .They should stop breeding more idle crooks.

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who cares if Bayelsa is having 50 slots? Do you know the number of people of northern extractions being secretly recruited on daily basis? Take a trip to that "corruption towers", called NNCP towers and tell me whether the crude oil is located in north. Daily trust is protesting because the northerners are being paid in their currency,abi?. mtcheeeew!

kommy: How many slots did you give the South in your tomatoes, groundnut or cattle factories??

Can aboki's do without public service?

Well, they should never have invited candidates from those states for the test and interview if the knew, all along, that they are adequately represented in NNPC.

Recruiting 600 staff at once?!
Where's the productivity coming from?
Hope no be ghost workers o.

first i was here to say some crap bout doin injustice to d north but some comments change my mind.all i can say now is let this kind things b our lesson.

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gramci: Can aboki's do without public service?

how many millions aboki no de for gov service?
jus look everywhere n see and dnt lie to yourself.

WE VE VERY LITTLE MEMORY . TIMES WERE IN NIGERIA WHERE EVERY WHERE U LOK NA ABOKI DEY OCCUPY ENJOY IT . THERE SHD B NOHARD FEELINGS PLS . WAT IS GUD FOR D GOOSE IS ALSO GUD FR D GANDA

And for so many decades, The north collected everything ooo. Its de ja vu