An Abuja based Lawyer; Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi has written a letter to the Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC, Dr, Maikanti Baru, condemning the recent advertisement of the NNPC as “discriminatory recruitment process”
Olajengbesi, in his letter dated March 26, threatened to approach the court to ensure fundamental Human Right of Nigerians who are qualified to vie for the job are protected in relation to age criteria.
The NNPC some two weeks back, place an advert inviting suitable qualified Nigerian graduates to apply for the job as Graduate Trainee among others, however, the criterion required the candidates must have graduated from the university not earlier than 2014.
The criteria also require that applicants must be 28years and below as at December 31st, 2018.
The Lawyer, however, pointed out that, the criteria and the process has gone against section 3(e)(iv) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure), 2009 which seek to protect Public interest of Nigeria.
In his statement, “reference to your advertisement for the 2019 NNPC recruitment for Graduate Trainee, Experienced Hires, Senior Officers and Supervisory Cadre on your official website, dated March 13, 2019, of which the criteria for application include that an applicant must not be above the ages of 28, 34 and 37 respectively.
“I wish to express outright dissatisfaction on the aforementioned set criteria used by the Corporation in the ongoing recruitment, being discriminatory, segregatory and exclusive to the disadvantage of qualified Nigerians who may wish to participate in the process.
Olajengbesi opined, the action of NNPC have also go against Section 17(3) of the Nigerian Constitution which provides for the opportunity of securing sufficient means of livelihood and abhors all lopsided processes in the labour procedure.
