The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has alerted the public on the activities of fraudulent individuals peddling contract offers purportedly on behalf of the Commission.
NUPRC’s Head of Corporate Communication and Media, Eniola Akinkuotu, issued the warning in a statement on Monday.
Akinkuotu explained that the unscrupulous individuals, using tactics such as name-dropping and misinformation on social media to deceive members of the public, do so with the sole intention of extorting money from them and are hereby warned to desist from such acts.
He informed that all contract processes at the NUPRC are done transparently and strictly in line with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and other extant regulations.
Therefore, he warned that anyone who transacts with a third party in order to gain an imaginary undue advantage within the NUPRC does so solely at their own risk.
“For information on any procurement, visit the NUPRC website – www.nuprc.gov.ng – or local newspapers for tenders to bid,” he said in the statement.
