The Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has disowned an employment notice purportedly emanating from the agency, dismissing it as the “handiwork of a faceless and desperate employment racketeering cabal using the decoy of the poor state of unemployment in the society to fleece members of the public particularly the youths”.
In a statement by the Permanent Secretary of the state’s SUBEB, Chief Dele Akinnagbe advised unsuspecting members of the public, especially the youths “who are desirous of a legitimate and sustainable livelihood through genuine employment in the system to beware”.
Akinnagbe said that the Board would have ignored what he described as the “infantile activities of the unpatriotic elements in our midst but for the far reaching implications of their unscrupulous activities on the corporate image of the Board in particular and the state in general”.
The statement reads: “The attention of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB, Akure, has drawn to an employment notice allegedly issued by the intervention Agency in the basic education sector in the State, inviting applications from qualified members of the public for vacant positions in the Board.
“The Board by this PUBLIC NOTICE wishes to distance itself from such enterprise and advice unsuspecting members of the public especially our youths who are desirous of a legitimate and sustainable livelihood through genuine employment in the system to beware.
“Ondo SUBEB believed that this is the handiwork of a faceless and desperate employment racketeering cabal using the decoy of the poor state of unemployment in the society to fleece members of the public particularly the youths.
“Ordinarily, the Board would have ignored this as an infantile activities of the unpatriotic elements in our midst but for the far reaching implications of their unscrupulous activities on the corporate image of the Board in particular and the State in general.
“This PUBLIC NOTICE and disclaimer is informed by the need to set the records straight and protect the integrity of the Agency from the activities of this nefarious group of individuals who will not stop at nothing to achieve their selfish interests following series of official and unofficial calls and enquires from interested members of public to confirm the illicit transaction.
“The most disturbing aspect of the employment racketeering in the state that has gone viral on the social media in addition to the creation of unofficial Facebook account as well as website with the name of Ondo SUBEB to perpetrate their illicit trade.
“For the avoidance of doubt it is instructive for the public to note that, the agency has a watertight employment process that is fraud proof which usually commences with the approval of the state governor and supervise by the relevant MDAs (Ministries, Departments and Agencies) in charge of employment in the public service whenever it wishes to employ.
“The Board is assuring the general public that the it will inform them through appropriate channels whenever it has concluded plans to recruit qualified teaching and non – teaching staff to fill existing vacancies in the Primary Schools across the State and such exercise will strictly be based on Community Needs Assessment.
“The agency also enjoin to the public to endeavour to report to the Board or security agencies anybody or organisation that demands any form of gratification to get employment into the system”.
