47 applicants paid N51.8m for fake LG jobs in C’River – Nsa

Forty-seven applicants were defrauded of over N51.8 million in the cancelled 2024/2025 local government recruitment exercise in Cross River State. Barr. Eyo Nsa Ekpo, the chairman of the Local Government Service Commission, stated that victims were intimidated into paying amounts ranging from N100,000 to N1.5 million for fake jobs. The state government has cancelled the recruitment exercise and plans to conduct a new process in two weeks, ensuring transparency and no commercialization.