In line with the recent directive of the Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, the Ebonyi State Command of the Corps today, kick-started a series of in-house training exercise for the officers and men of the command.
The State Commandant, Nnadi Francis Chika while declaring it open, tasked the participants to avail themselves of the opportunity to upscale their skills. He reiterated that the job was so demanding that complacency would not be tolerated. “You don’t give what you don’t have”, he said, adding that commensurate skill on the job would boost the morale of the workforce and make for greater productivity.
With reference to the central theme of the training exercise which borders on job racketeering and it’s implications, Commandant Nnadi cautioned the participants against soiling their hands while in service as the ultimate consequence was summary dismissal. He equally warned them against financial embarrassment that attracts the same penalty. In his own words, “loan facilities are monsters; if you don’t understand it, don’t venture!”
The State helsman pointed out that contentment was a panacea for financial embarrassment as no amount of possession on earth would be considered to be enough. “Those who go for facilities should take time to read through the conditionalities as some financial institutions often hoodwink customers with hidden clauses that authorize them to increase interest rates at will without notice; this, he observed, could account for the incidences of over deductions recently being attributed to IPPIS.
“The essence of this lecture is for us to be wary and take dressing; when you are not psychologically fit, you cannot give your best”, he posited
The Head of Anti-Fraud unit of the command, DC Celestine Nyiam had taken time to elucidate on the concept of job racketeering/financial fraud and the position of the Corps; pointing out that any form of financing inducement for a job offer, whether successful or otherwise, amounted to job racketeering.
He listed employment scam, fake job postings, ruse training and/or certification, recruitment fee scam and work- from- home scam among others as examples of job racketeering instances.
The Anti- Fraud head warned participants to beware of the tell tale of job racketeering which he described as unsolicited job offers, demands for payment for job offer, poor communication skill, lack of transparency in approach among others.
Dwelling more on Financial fraud, he charged participants to report any suggestive inducement for fraud or money laundering to the relevant security agencies to take proactive measures and save their neck from legal implications of the crime.
Also speaking, a legal practitioner Bar Godwin Nwankeoegu, an Assistant superintendent of Corps highlighted the legal implications of both job racketeering and financial fraud with a an assertion that the ultimate penalty for those who run foul of the legal provision on them would be summary dismissal in accordance with the Public Service Rule 73:01