Admin l Wednesday, November 27, 2019
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) today distanced the corporation and its subsidiaries from a trending online advert inviting unsuspecting members of the public to submit entries for what it called a phantom 2019/2020 Annual Chemistry Competition’’.
The NNPC described the online advert on the Annual Chemistry Competition contrived to improve the standard of learning of Chemistry in Nigeria as phoney.
He advised applicants to be wary of the fraudsters behind the Annual Chemistry Competition, NNPC Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Samson Makoji said in a press statement.
While calling on students and stakeholders in the education value chain not to fall prey to the nefarious activities of the fraudsters, the NNPC said it had alerted the various security agencies to investigate the matter and apprehend the culprits behind the Annual Chemistry Competition.
The advert had stated various fictitious monetary values to the categories of winners it was interested in luring into the fake scheme, listing eligibility of participants to include graduates of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and other related courses for the Annual Chemistry Competition.
