National Intelligence Agency Speaks On Recruitment

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has clarified that it is not recruiting .

It lamented the activities of scammers on social media sites, purporting that the agency was conducting a 2018/19 recruitment exercise for qualified Nigerians .

A statement by its spokesman, S.M. Lamidi, on Thursday appealed to members of the public to avoid being swindled .

“The authors of this fake social media sites, offering easy employment into the Agency, are not only mischievous but fraudulent targeting innocent Nigerians”, he said .

“For the avoidance of doubt, the NIA states unequivocally that such posts are the handiwork of fraudsters and does not have anything to do with the service .

“The Agency, therefore, calls on all Nigerians to ignore the information contained in the sites and not have any dealings with these syndicates .

“Recruitment into the NIA is done through a transparent and rigorous process which is open to all Nigerians,” he added .