FUTA teaching hospital to prosecute staff involved in employment racketeering

The management of the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital has vowed to take legal action against some members of staff of the institution allegedly involved in job racketeering.

The management said the alleged staff members issued fake appointment letters to unsuspecting job seekers after collecting sums ranging from N200,000 to N600,000.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of the Public Relations Unit of the teaching hospital, Mr Tope Fayehun, on Saturday.

The statement read, “The management has become aware of allegations that certain persons, posing as important officers, had collected money and gratification from job seekers with promises of securing placement in the new hospital.

“According to information available to the management, the hapless applicants allegedly paid sums ranging from N200,000 to N600,000 and were issued with purported ‘appointment letters’ in the name of the management of the UNIMED Teaching Hospital, Akure.

“The management has also received reports that some of the affected job seekers, whose names are withheld, are now demanding refunds from the fraudsters after it became clear that they were not going to be absorbed into the Federal Government establishment, as they had been promised.”

According to the statement, the management declared that it had no option but to take appropriate legal action against the alleged fraudsters.

“The hospital is prepared to make available relevant information and materials in its possession to the appropriate law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies,” the statement noted.

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