Abia State University Teaching Hospital, (ABSUTH), Abayi Aba, has warned prospective job and admission seekers to be careful of scammers who extort money through fake admissions and employment advertisements.
Mr Joe Onwuka, the Assistant Director, Public Relations, ABSUTH, gave the warning on Tuesday while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba.
According to him, ABSUTH is not employing people and not admitting students in its School of Nursing yet as its strike subsists.
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“The information some people received which they claim emanated from ABSUTH asking for employment and admissions application is not from ABSUTH which is still on strike,’’ he said.
Onwuka said it is very amusing that people could send out information or even publications inviting job applications from prospective job seekers to apply for employment to an institution on strike.
“It is very unfortunate indeed. We have been on strike for months now and the resumption date is not yet known.
“The day of resumption is not yet known because the government is yet to settle with the staff on matters of salary arrears which took them away on strike since last November.
“And here we are receiving applications even from applicant’s resident overseas and within Nigeria claiming to be responding to job advertisements which ABSUTH never posted.
“We understand that in this age of the computer and the internet, so many things have been made possible, even easier including fraud and scamming.
“ABSUTH is, therefore, urging people wishing to apply to it either for admissions or employment to be careful.
“People should confirm the information they have about employment opportunities or admissions through the PRO’s office phone number – 0803-0528348,” he said.
Onwuka said that the referenced online advertisement which people claimed they responded to was never made by ABSUTH management but by unscrupulous persons wishing to use the strike to defraud people.
He said that the institution was not recruiting staff or admitting students in its Nursing School stressing that whenever such opportunities were available, it would be published in the local media. (NAN)
