A new thread for NNPC Hopefuls

@kinlord3: Update the house.

Gentle appeal: No parables from anybody.

@All: United we stand.

All those who abused forumites join peacefully u r welcome back. This is not the time to beef anybody or show class, united we stand.

@JA: welcome back, only heros can stand still with their people even in difficult times. I enjoin every other person to unite lets change our country.

I am presently speaking with a friend in the media for those in lagos.

I want to know the co-ordinator for Lagos so that i can contact him as i close all plans for the media.

I have concluded plans to bring THISDAY REPORTER.

God bless us.

Together we shall succeed.

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Originally Posted by kinlord3

I shall be going to the nnpc towers today for proper info and then possible negotiations. Then depending on the outcome, I shall proceed to the zone 3 police command to inform them of the planned protest on the 4th starting by 10am. I have notified some1 in NTA but he says NTA may not carry it bcos it is anti govt. Does anybody here know some1 in channels or ait? Kindly get back to the house as soon as u confirm that they will come. Enof is enof.

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Sometime around August in 2011, the Group Managing Director (GMD) of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation announced to the
consternation of Nigerians that 80% of the over 40,000 Nigerians that
sat for the recruitment test of the corporation failed. This
result was even more disastrous considering the fact that those who
failed where either first class or second class upper degree graduates.
Nine months later, fellow Nigerians, the successful candidates who were
being interviewed at the time that very inauspicious declaration was
made do not know their fate. To fully appreciate the import of the
following discourse, the reader might need to be informed that this
recruitment process began in November 2010, when the NNPC announced
recruitment positions in the corporation and its subsidiaries.

On the 25th day of March 2011, over 40,000 young, bright and promising
Nigerian youths sat for the NNPC's recruitment test in various locations
across the country having met the stipulated recruitment criteria. Many
of these young chaps, including yours sincerely, had to pass through a
lot of rigors in order to write this test. Many of the candidates had to
embark on harrowing journeys on the death traps we call inter-state
roads. Others traveled from various parts of the world- Europe, the
Americas, Asia, and Australia on personally funded flights. On getting
to the test venues, instead of a little respite in the form of already
sorted out logistics, they were welcome by what could best be described
as cut-and-nail arrangements. In their hordes, these hopeful Nigerian
youths bore the infernal heat of the sun, as they waited for the
officials of the NNPC and Phillips Consulting, to make face-saving
reparations to their blighted first impressions. Such was the hope of
the "hopefuls", that even though a test that was earlier scheduled for
11am was delayed till about 5pm (and even 6pm in some venues), their
resolve was not in a bit deterred. They strained their eyes to make use
of the little light the dark halls could afford them. Nothing could
better define the enthusiasm of these young ones than the arrival of a
newly wedded bride still dressed resplendently in her wedding gown
making her way through the crowd to "secure her future". Despite these
inconveniences, 20% of the candidates -as asserted by no less a person
than the GMD himself- braved the odds, passed the test and were invited
for interviews. The last batch of successful candidates were interviewed
at the NNPC towers in mid-august 2011, in a time when the security
situation of Nigeria could best be described as tenuous, owing to the
endless bombings that were becoming rife. Once again, optimistic
Nigerians made the trip to the NNPC towers across lands, rivers and
oceans at personal expense. As is the tradition, account numbers of the
interviewees were collected to facilitate payment of their
transportation allowances.
Forward to nine months later and the
“hopefuls” are still hoping. There is no gain saying that the Phillips
Consulting officials and the NNPC senior staff members involved in the
recruitment exercise have been paid their allowances, while not even the
transportation allowances of the interviewees have been paid. So far,
hopefuls have been waiting with bated breath for the conclusion of this
recruitment process. Hopefuls are increasingly wary, because the
conspiracy of silence on this process forebodes ominous signals as was
the case with the 2008 recruitment, which was ingloriously swept under
the carpet. The expectations have reached feverish pitch as evidenced by
discussions on various fora created for this purpose. The question that
keeps begging for an answer is: What offence did the Nigerian youth
commit? Even though the issue of the fuel subsidy probe has been
espoused as a possible excuse for the delays by some, the corporation
and it’s parent ministry have gone ahead to present and defend budgets
for the year which made provisions for increased manpower. If the NNPC
management doesn’t have ulterior motives, what then is stopping the
release of appointment letters to successful interviewees? If the GMD
was so quick to denigrate those -who in his allusions- are pretenders to
the degrees they possess, is it not only fair to reward those who
proved their mettle. The NNPC and her sister organisation, the
Department of the Petroleum Resources (DPR) have decided to play the
ostrich concerning the recruitment of a few deserving Nigerian youths,
whereas in this nation, billions of Naira have gone into sustaining the
avarice of a few undeserving persons including top management staff of
these two organizations. It is even more disheartening that in the
recently held ministerial platform, the minister under whose watch this
hogwash was perpetuated shied away from it. It needs some reiteration
that it is the career of hardworking, deserving young Nigerians that is
being toyed with by a privileged few. The president, minister and top
management staff of these organizations should remember that “those
whose nuts were cracked by benevolent spirits are morally obliged to
others”. The successful conclusion or annulment of this process will
call to question the genuineness of Mr. President’s transformation
agenda, which most of the hopefuls bought into, and gave him their votes
for. Mr. President, the Minister and all those involved should be
informed that “enough is enough”. In this nation, a cabal of few persons
who brought this nation down on her knees still run amok, whereas the
employment of a few thousand youths (whose collective annual wages would
pale in the face of a single cabal member's loot) has become a matter
of contention. So far, the hopefuls have remained calm. We are gentlemen
and ladies in the very sense of it; we are responsible
professionals/would be professionals, but there is a point to which we
can suffer the evil in the land. We are taking our destinies in our
hands.
To this effect I am starting this thread as a central point of
convergence for all NNPC/DPR threads relating to this recruitment on
this forum. One thing that might work against the neo-aspiration of the
hopefuls is having several related threads strewn all over this forum. I
want this thread to be a point where we come together to synergise our
efforts, ideas and logistics as regards our next line of action. We need
focus and further delays could be very dangerous for the following
reasons:
* The NNPC GMD under whose purview the recruitment exercise
was started, will soon be going on a compulsory retirement, and this
was the reason given for the annulment of the 2008 recruitment
* Many
detractors have started throwing spanners in the wheels of our progress
by pretending to be hopefuls whereas their ultimate aim is to ensure we
don't come to a consensus concerning our plans
* So far there has not been any thread on this issue on the front page..In this regard, I want to sincerely appeal to the moderators to ensure this thread gets to the front page

We
will appreciate honest and reasonable suggestions, we would also
appreciate the involvement of civil society as an injustice against the
Nigerian youth is one against the nation's future.

GOD BLESS THE HOPEFULS
GOD BLESS NNPC/DPR
GOD BLESS
GOD BLESS NIGERIA
http://www..com/950421/nnpc-dpr-nigerian-youth-please

Nigerian youths are not weak, we are not hopeless. We are inteligent and respectful that's why we always give our leaders the opportunity they have to do the right thing. This will not stop here. We shall sponsor the creation of a unit of youths under the presidency that would monitor all reCruitment henceforth. But first with the news of the day;
I went to the nnpc and they won't let me in... However I was shown the list of those that were called for internship. I met some1 I knew there and he told me the same old story.
So I took off to the PCC and filed a complaint. So we hav something to old on to.
I proceeded to the police station in zone 3 and I was told that the police in fed secretariat has jurisdiction. I shall get there 2moro.
If some1 knows wat else we should do that we hav not done yet, kindly bring the info now b4 the protest proper.
Throughout today, all the people I discussed with hav indicated support for us. Infact the PCC thinks the NNPC is too arrogant. Once more I spoke to an honorable member about it and he has promised to work on media coverage on that day. We are not coming in small. Infact I had a serious discussion in the police station and they told me they hv been following the issue on facebook and donnt knw where they see it but I was so gratefull to those who were doing it on fcbk. Let's keep it up
More updates 2moro...

tohbad, its either u shut ur trap or i can find some1 who is very good in making sure aliens are returned 2 hell! U arrogant SOB!

Asawana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tohbad abi toobad i think you should actually go and busy your head in deep shame. Its quite unfortunate that a 21st century human being can still be found with a total lack of conscience. What a huge pity and a big shame. Shame on you bros.

I don scroll tire! We have no concrete proof that dpr and nnpc recruited other ppl without due process. If we raise this aspect up, we would appear very petty, and stupid. Plus, WE WOULD BE GIVING THOSE HEARTLESS MANAGEMENT SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO IN THEIR DEfence. In summary, our recruitment process has been delayed for too long. We offernsh answers.

Kudos to u @naijapatroit. Ur writeup deserves to b published in a nespaper as a very gud article. U got all d points perfectly.
I have prayed and fasted enuff, now is d time 4 action. Can't wait for June 4th to arrive!

On this account my joy knows no bounds, I am wholly in support of this,infact to the extent I nominate myself to assist in anyway necessary but we should note that the sss would already be aware of this intending protest and the media houses could also be called not to air the protest so we should factor all this into the plans,let's have a central coordinator for each zone,abj lag ph or a means of offline communication so as to assist in making it a reality, monday is just around the corner.further suggestions, information, guides are welcome

we know how protests go in Nigeria. Just hope arrangements, plans have been made to secure the security of everybody going there on the day and that the process will not be hijacked by touts and area boys to create havoc that will be attributed to the faithfuls.

Apart frm nnpc nd dpr hopful, there is also d need to educate oda youth to join in dis call bcos alot of youth are jst in d street jobless it is time to ask d govt to give us job nd it is d responsibility of d go8 to do dat. PH GUYS NO DULLING OH MAKE UNA FALL AT 4 REFINERY JUNCTION WEA D IGADA GO START FRM. Mak una spread d news oh

Apart frm nnpc nd dpr hopful, there is also d need to educate oda youth to join in dis call bcos alot of youth are jst in d street jobless it is time to ask d govt to give us job nd it is d responsibility of d govt to do dat. PH GUYS NO DULLING OH MAKE UNA FALL AT 4 REFINERY JUNCTION WEA D IGADA GO START FRM. Mak una spread d news oh

I just hope NHJ would not be DOWN on the 4th of June. And i realy wish there could be a means through which we could inter-communicate betw the protest town/state on the D-day so as to keep track of our activities. Any suggestion ?

Professor salvaga, wouldn't u come and blow GRAMMAR on that day? Though Grammarians full ground 'brekete' but he be like say that ur own wey u dey speak wey person go dey confuse go realy help so dat by the time u go blow 5 sentences, Oniwon head for don SUMERTUMBLE. HOW U DEY?

Good idea.

Lets use facebook as well.

Co ordinators please provide phone numbers that people in ur area can reach u.

Lagos coordinator; Am waiting with private info for u d earlier the better for me

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Originally Posted by thurllyboy

I just hope NHJ would not be DOWN on the 4th of June. And i realy wish there could be a means through which we could inter-communicate betw the protest town/state on the D-day so as to keep track of our activities. Any suggestion ?

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I ve been following this thread keenly, one thing to say; ride on brothers and sisters, enough is enough. The worst that will happen is already happening.



I am with u in spirit....



Victory is sure in the end

Having studied the issues raised , I would want to make some suggestions as regards the proposed "protest"
It isn't a protest in the real sense of it, it is actually what I will term a fact-finding mass
action aimed at finding out the reason for the delays, or the purported
suspension of the recruitment process. It is also aimed at having the
management's word on the position of things as regards the recruitment
exercise and its conclusion.
My point essentially is that we should be as factual as possible, not just base our arguments on hear-says.
We should be as civil as possible, present our points as logically as
possible with superior arguments. As alluded to in my initial post,
there should be no reason for the annulment of the recruitment process
since budgets have been passed to that effect. We just want to know the
reason for the delays, and demand for it's successful completion.
Our demand should be premised on the 2008 precedent. We should remind them
that the last time there was a reshuffle in the management of the
corporation , an ongoing recruitment was thrown under the bus. Apparently
Engr. Oniwon's term as GMD of the NNPC is to end in june. Our argument
therefore, is that since Oniwon started the process, he should complete
it in his tenure, because he is the one accountable.
We should guard against detractors who might want to sabotage the process, bringing
in unrelated issues. We should be cautious in our choice of word
especially the inscriptions on our placards. We should not give the
NNPC/DPR management any excuse to gain public sympathy. In other words
we should eschew violence in all its dimensions.
The world is watching, and I believe with the right comportment, grace and God we can
make our points known, create the desired awareness and commit them to concluding this exercise.
Once again,
GOD BLESS THE HOPEFULS,
GOD BLESS THE NNPC/DPR,
GOD BLESS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

i suggest a facebook page too to avoid sss's interference! And i support d idea of being vigilant on the 4th, cos sm political thugs might b paid to sabotage the movement in I.F.O nnpc.

4th of June, the day that the Lord has set aside to answer the crys of NNPC/DPR hopefuls. Its time for us to take what God has given to us, at this point, we have passed the point of NO RETURN, the protest must hold even if its a 1 man protest it will hold cuz I will be that one man. If David had only prayed Goliath will still be alive, faith without work is death, we have prayed and fasted but this is the time to go out and out we must go. NOTHING DEY HAPPEN.... The world must hear us

All hands must be on deck. We've been ignored for too long. I quite agree with naija's suggestion on how to go about this intending exercise. Lets endeavour to guard against desperate opportunists who will want to hijack this. By the way, I'm in Abuja; lets communicate where we are converging before the takeoff.

D June 4 PEACEFUL PROTEST MUST HOLD by God's grace bcos NNPC mgt had taken us for granted too much. In fact, I met a friend yesterday in lagos working in a construction company, he told me, with facts, that a colleague they finished NYSC together this year Feb, was employed by NNPC immediately he finished his NYSC.No wonder, things become like this. Why NNPC doing all these rubbish.

We must stay true to the reason for the protest.we are not asking nnpc to employ all of us,they will tell us we are in the wrong place!what we demand is a detailed explanation of the reasons for the delay for a process that officially started in november 2010.we have an example of the 2008 process that followed this same pattern and was eventually cancelled.There is also d DPR recruitment.If there they were not interested in recruiting,there could have saved us the untold stress and hardship we have all gone through the various stages of this recuitment.an injustice to one is an injustice to all.nnpc is a national oil company and belongs to all nigerians,civility demands that they treat nigerians fairly in all their deailings including this recruitment process.pls wateva we present must be factual and not just hear-say.i rest my case!

we should pls involve sahara reporters and also make use of youtube...

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Originally Posted by bloodycorper

we should pls involve sahara reporters and also make use of youtube...

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Reachout to them on behalf of the house.

Remain blessed.

whats the name of the FACEBOOK group???

88hours 30minutes to go, can't wait, gathering momentum. spreed d news men, unilag guys join us, it's ours today nd tomorrow is urs.

but some1 said, on dis forum, that nnnpc had urgent meeting ysterday, so wat is d outcome of d meeting. dey are doing anything abi. just leave them, the whole world will hear their deceiving recruitments.dey can't use their issues to affect the coming generation to NNpc.God bless Nigeria.

There is a page on facebook titled NIGERIAN UNENPLOYED YOUTH FORUM, pls lets try to create awareness there too

where is the converging venue for abuja, lagos and ph? PLEASE LETS REITERATE THIS IN OUR WRITE UPS...NO MISTAKE PLEASE. Solidarity forever! Solidarity forever!! SOLIDARITYU FOREVER!!!

Nigerian youth let us not waver.We have been downtrodden for a long time and to me the only reasonable solution right now is in line with wat this thread is all abt - PROTEST.We cann't bear it any longer,we have given them enuf time to act right but they seems to be adamant.we cann't continue to be affraid of death while we are dying silently.For once let our voices be heard......ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

....Nnpc reimburse us our t-fare and refund back d loot in respect of dis scam u call recruitment. Our t-fares are not refundable to d federation account, dey've been expended already.

Brethren gud evening. Pls & pls i beg this house in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ dat we reconsider our actions. We have bin patient for almost a year after interview & now dat the letters are getting set, we want to cast away our confidence & the reward 4 our patience. Pls i'm begging every one to pls reconsider this protest. We cant be sure dat it would be peaceful & if it turns voilent, then we have just kissed gud bye to the recruitment. Its true dat the management is aware. That has created enough tension already. I'm certain dat b4 the retirement in the 2nd-3rd week of june, w'll be called. @naijapatriot: ur write up was perfect. Pls send it to GEJ facebook & if possible, it should be in the dailies as quick as possible, so dat we can keep the management under pressure. Thanks & may God reward our patience in Jesus Name. Amen

Nothing dey happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pls lets organise this protest well,lets it be well covered by media,lets do it well that we can pass the message across to the world.

@ house-i talk am, shey be i talk am! NNPC don give dis terraco small change,nw im dey come tell us say letters wan come wey everybody no say d corporation don suspend dis recruitment since for rizins wey na only dem fit explain.
Twenty strokes of koboko for terraco,abi e too small?

E too small, make it 100 kobokos

@Terraco, pls dat money wey nnpc give u make we share am together oooo!
Abegoooo!

Inductn in july i have always seen from where i am standing. "inteligent update"

@terraco, hold ur peace. "all that is necessary for the triumph, is that good men do nothing" edmund burke. The mass match for change must go on...no retreat no surrender

all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing