The Nigerian Navy (NN) has cautioned applicants for recruitment into the Navy to be weary of persons who ask them for payment of money to be recruited into the force.
Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore AO Ayo Vaughan, gave the warning on Thursday, stressing that the Nigerian Navy has not contracted or authorised any agent or individual to collect money or any form of incentive on its behalf from any applicant for recruitment into the Navy.
In a statement made available to Financialtrust.com.ng, the Navy spokesman remarked that “The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to the sharp activities of some unscrupulous persons during the ongoing Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 35 Recruitment Exercise taking place in Lagos, Rivers and Kaduna States.
“These unscrupulous persons have been deceiving innocent applicants and defrauding them of huge sums of money with promises of recruiting them successfully into the NN. Pertinently, it is to be noted that recruitment into the NN from online registration to the end of the recruitment process is entirely free.
“The NN has not contracted or authorized any agent or individual to collect money or any incentive from applicants in order to help them in the recruitment process or placement as successful candidate(s) for training.”
It said, “accordingly, applicants and their guardians are advised to report the activities of these unscrupulous individuals to the nearest Naval Unit or Nigeria Police Station. This information is for NNBTS Batch 35 applicants and general public to note.”