An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Pelumi Olajengbesi, has faulted the age criterion placed on the ongoing recruitment of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
In a letter written to the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, on March 26, Olajengbesi threatened to drag the national oil company to court for placing discriminatory age requirement on qualified Nigerians who would have applied for the jobs recently advertised by the corporation.
The NNPC had recently invited applications from candidates for a number of positions including trainees who must not be more than 28 years as of December 31, 2018 and had graduated from a university or polytechnic not earlier than 2014.
However, Olajengbesi contended that the criterion on age and process violated section 3(e)(iv) of the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure), 2009 which protected the public interest of Nigerians. Read more