ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-The management of the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital has vowed to prosecute members of staff allegedly involved in a job racketeering scheme.
The hospital accused the affected staff of issuing fake appointment letters to unsuspecting job seekers after collecting between N200,000 and N600,000 from them.
The allegation was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Head of the hospital’s Public Relations Unit, Mr Tope Fayehun.
The statement read, “The management has become aware of allegations that certain persons, posing as important officers, had collected money and gratification from job seekers with promises of securing placement in the new hospital.
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“According to information available to the management, the hapless applicants allegedly paid sums ranging from N200,000 to N600,000 and were issued with purported ‘appointment letters’ in the name of the management of the UNIMED Teaching Hospital, Akure.
“The management has also received reports that some of the affected job seekers, whose names are withheld, are now demanding refunds from the fraudsters after it became clear that they were not going to be absorbed into the Federal Government establishment, as they had been promised.”
The management said it had resolved to pursue appropriate legal action against those allegedly behind the fraudulent recruitment scheme.
“The hospital is prepared to make available relevant information and materials in its possession to the appropriate law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies,” the statement noted.