Social media uproar compels Ogun to order refund of N10K extorted from each job applicant

 

Those who reacted believe the Ogun job vacancies was an elaborate scheme to steal from the youths. They reason that if 100,000 apply (most likely more than that number will apply), the state officials would have raked in N1 billion.  

Angry netizens yesterday berated the government of Ogun State for levying job applicants N10,000 before applying for jobs with the state government.

 

In reaction to the uproar on social media, the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, directed the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission to refund the N10,000 demanded from each applicants under the guise of administrative fees.

 

Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Abeokuta.

 

The statement said the governor directed the Civil Service Commission to refund all administrative fees, even though these are standard and historical fees that have been in place for decades.

 

 

“These fees are charged by the civil service commission on behalf of third-party independent examiners who administer and supervise the Computer Based Test (CBT),” the government said.

 

 

 

 

“The aim is to alleviate the suffering of the citizens and create employment in the state.  This necessitates the directives to immediately refund fees paid along with a waiver for any new applications,” the government said.

 

 

Netizens had knocked the state government for exploiting jobless Nigerians with a N10, 000 non-refundable fee before applying for jobs in the state.

 

Those who reacted believed the job vacancies were an elaborate scheme to steal from the youths. They reason that if 100,000 apply (most likely more than that number will apply), the state officials would have raked in N1 billion.