Re:unfair remarks from the nnpc boss
The remark made by the nnpc boss on the results of the recently conducted
recruitment exams by his organization have continued to generate reactions among
different classes of Nigerians, while some choose to fault the educational system I
choose to look at the issue more critically. I know the exams were conducted in very
poor conditions starting from the hectic accreditation exercise that left all the
graduates under the hot sun from morning hours till about 5pm in the evening allowing
them to scramble for shelter in the shade, go through fierce struggle to get accredited
while under harassment for the men of the police force attached to the centers in the
name of coordinating the graduates leaving most of them exhausted and hungry, while
some scrambled for food which were sold at more than double the prices others who
couldn’t afford to eat settled for drinks which were also sold at inflated prices. Then
the Philips Consulting commenced distribution of examination materials which took them
till about 5.45pm following which the exams were allowed to commence. Now it was
called a test of knowledge but I think the nnpc had missed it there, first of all the
NNPC should have known that they would not get the best out of exhausted
graduates, they should have learnt from their other counter parts in the oil sector.
SPDC, Chevron etc cannot put up such conditions prior to an aptitude test because
they want the best results, secondly the test comprised of mathematics, English,
biology, physics and chemistry (for the science majors) with about 50 objective
questions to be answered in each subject with a time frame of 30 to 45 mins per
subject, then the question arouse does the NNPC really know what an aptitude test of
knowledge means? Where in the world does one write undergraduate/graduate
examination under the same condition as aptitude test?
It would have been ok if light had been provided for these 2.1 and first class
graduates, whom the NNPC boss was quick to water down based on their performance
in their rather poorly conducted exam, to see the questions they were requested to
answer but surprisingly as it got dark there was no provision for lighting in many
centers across the country, then another phase of scrambling started with these
graduated running to get candles to light up their scripts to answer these questions
while others settled for their nokia torchlight phones to illuminate their scripts, then
the exams ended in the dark of the night with Philips Consulting collecting scripts in
the dark. So I thought how can the NNPC complain on the outcome of such a poorly
conducted exam, should they hide that a company like nnpc should put up such a
shabby recruitment exam which was written in the dark of the night across many
centers in the country with poor infrastructure and organization in most centers, I
know that WACE whose questioner they extracted does not even combine four to five
subjects in one day and still provides for them to be written in the light of day. Then I
went further to look at the case of a young man who had his Msc in the UK and
graduated as the best student and still did not make it, but does it mean that he is
not good based on the NNPC standards, then another that had been bagging awards
right from secondary school till he graduated as the best in his department form the
University and still did not make it, is the NNPC trying to say by their own standard
they are not good? I think this is why the NNPC has been performing under expectation
because of poor conduct. It is not proper to say that a 1st class or 2:1 graduate is
half baked on the ground that it did not perform well in an examination that is different
in conduct to the examination that make such 1st class or 2:1 graduate.
For the record I think the NNPC has not been fair to these Graduates and has sent a
wrong signal to Nigerians and the world at large.
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WITH BEST REGARDS
Re: unfair remarks from the nnpc boss
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sharpness counts 
The remark made by the nnpc boss on the results of the recently conducted
recruitment exams by his organization have continued to generate reactions among
different classes of Nigerians, while some choose to fault the educational system I
choose to look at the issue more critically. I know the exams were conducted in very
poor conditions starting from the hectic accreditation exercise that left all the
graduates under the hot sun from morning hours till about 5pm in the evening allowing
them to scramble for shelter in the shade, go through fierce struggle to get accredited
while under harassment for the men of the police force attached to the centers in the
name of coordinating the graduates leaving most of them exhausted and hungry, while
some scrambled for food which were sold at more than double the prices others who
couldn’t afford to eat settled for drinks which were also sold at inflated prices. Then
the Philips Consulting commenced distribution of examination materials which took them
till about 5.45pm following which the exams were allowed to commence. Now it was
called a test of knowledge but I think the nnpc had missed it there, first of all the
NNPC should have known that they would not get the best out of exhausted
graduates, they should have learnt from their other counter parts in the oil sector.
SPDC, Chevron etc cannot put up such conditions prior to an aptitude test because
they want the best results, secondly the test comprised of mathematics, English,
biology, physics and chemistry (for the science majors) with about 50 objective
questions to be answered in each subject with a time frame of 30 to 45 mins per
subject, then the question arouse does the NNPC really know what an aptitude test of
knowledge means? Where in the world does one write undergraduate/graduate
examination under the same condition as aptitude test?
It would have been ok if light had been provided for these 2.1 and first class
graduates, whom the NNPC boss was quick to water down based on their performance
in their rather poorly conducted exam, to see the questions they were requested to
answer but surprisingly as it got dark there was no provision for lighting in many
centers across the country, then another phase of scrambling started with these
graduated running to get candles to light up their scripts to answer these questions
while others settled for their nokia torchlight phones to illuminate their scripts, then
the exams ended in the dark of the night with Philips Consulting collecting scripts in
the dark. So I thought how can the NNPC complain on the outcome of such a poorly
conducted exam, should they hide that a company like nnpc should put up such a
shabby recruitment exam which was written in the dark of the night across many
centers in the country with poor infrastructure and organization in most centers, I
know that WACE whose questioner they extracted does not even combine four to five
subjects in one day and still provides for them to be written in the light of day. Then I
went further to look at the case of a young man who had his Msc in the UK and
graduated as the best student and still did not make it, but does it mean that he is
not good based on the NNPC standards, then another that had been bagging awards
right from secondary school till he graduated as the best in his department form the
University and still did not make it, is the NNPC trying to say by their own standard
they are not good? I think this is why the NNPC has been performing under expectation
because of poor conduct. It is not proper to say that a 1st class or 2:1 graduate is
half baked on the ground that it did not perform well in an examination that is different
in conduct to the examination that make such 1st class or 2:1 graduate.
For the record I think the NNPC has not been fair to these Graduates and has sent a
wrong signal to Nigerians and the world at large.
THIS ARTICLE IS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NIGERIAN DAILIES, PLEASE ANY REMARKS OR MODIFICATIONS ARE WELCOME FROM PATRIOTIC NIGERIANS
WITH BEST REGARDS
Good Article! All your points are very correct, I expect that NNPC and Philips consulting should be ashamed of such poor arrangement- most striking of all is chosing centres that were not illuminated for an aptitude test and expects 100% after much mental and physical drain.
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@sharpness. This's not d issue now. Ur story happened in d first quarter of d yr n we're almost at d last quarter. Besides reading thro' ur post shows dat u didn't actually sit for d test. D test actually had 2 parts: general n skills. Each had 60 quests for 45mins. Yes in some centers, d test started as late as 5pm while others 4.30pm n lasted for 1hr 30mins. U painted d picture as though it's easy to organise such exam wit dat no of applicants coming in from afar. Accreditation took d whole day n delay in some centres made other centres not to start on time to avoid leaking d papers. Stop giving d impression dat it wasn't fair enough cos some good guys u know couldn't make it. Do u know d ones dat made it and how good dey'r? If dose ur friends dat bagged all d awards back in sch n schooled abroad couldn't answer simple maths, phy, chem n come 1st 100 in deir respective states dat doesn't mean d successful ones're overated. Though I quite agree wif u dat d GMD shouldn't hv said dat in public but I see no lies in his statement. Of course many Nigerian graduates lack d basics in academics.
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Does this mean no-one in these centres with poor illumination made it to the interview? I've always been guided by the fact that no excuse, no matter how legitimate is legitimate enough for failure!
Truth is, many of our graduates are not even half-baked, they are not baked at all, even the so-called 1st class and 2.1s.
Although, i might not support fully the stance of d GMD, i still think there's some credence in his statement.
P.S as kafox said, it's stale news and so maybe sleeping dogs should be made to lie.
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i think part of the problem we have in nigeria is not learning from our mistakes.how can one we something clearly abnormal (subjecting graduates thru that kind of stress) and say say its normal we should let sleeping dogs lie.knowing that nnpc recruitment is a yearly exercise means that its time somebody speak up.if they cannot care for 40000 applicants,then they should shortlist 20000 and conduct a world class aptitude test and see the best of these nigerians graduates whom they are so quick to criticize...(i still believe some of the best brains in the world are found in our graduates).
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Its a shame dt we r stil talking when graduates cannot answer simpl arithmatic and basic sciences in 90 mins.I just want to ask one question,how did those 4700 made it to d interview? I thot they wrote d test in the same conditions you r refering to.pls dont try to give an impression dt those that passed d test were only lucky,you dont appreciate d fact dt they r equally good or even better than the ones you were refering to.
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@mbello, ur opening remark sounds rude and impolite. I want to beliv dat u made it 2 the interview stage and u think it is bcos of ur intelligence dat u made it. And now u think dat all d rest dat didnt mak it ar a bunch of ignoramus and u ar more inteligent dan dem all. Anyway if u say so, is ok 4 u. But knw dat d bible says dat d race is not 4 d fastest runner, d battle nt 4 for d strongest, bread nt 4 d wise. Bearing dat in mind, u should knw dat u were favourd by God and not your inteligence catapulted you 2 dat interview stage. And anoda tin is dat d recruitment is based on quotaly bases and not every inteligent onces would be called at d same tym frm their respective states. My friend made a first clas bt he didnt mak d A-test bt he made d ptdf scholarship. Would u stil say it's a shame dat he couldnt pass d test? Mind u nt all calld 4 d intaview wil finaly make it. So wil u stil say it's a shame 2 dos dat may finaly nt make it? Be wise!
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@benosk. How come ur first class friend had both tests? D last tym i checked dose tests were given simultaneously.
Re: unfair remarks from the nnpc boss
@shapnes count,i advise u go ahead.u shouldnt av startd here in d 1st place.bt pls note dat u may giv heavn n earth as excuses bt u wil b d one that wil bear the responsibility of d failure.chevro n shel dat conduct perfect exams,is it evrybdy that make it.even people wit phd fail those exams,so 4get that.bt jst go ahead n publish it since its ur opinion.if u continue 2ask questions lik ds b4 u tak actions,one day wen u r about 2tak a right dscision u wil b dscouraged thoroughly by people's coments (mayb,includin mine)
Re: unfair remarks from the nnpc boss
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mbello Its a shame dt we r stil talking when graduates cannot answer simpl arithmatic and basic sciences in 90 mins.I just want to ask one question,how did those 4700 made it to d interview? I thot they wrote d test in the same conditions you r refering to.pls dont try to give an impression dt those that passed d test were only lucky,you dont appreciate d fact dt they r equally good or even better than the ones you were refering to.
Let me catch some fun today.
Now, una see the bold? It is the same as sentences like: I Did not Came there yesterday, she Did not Spoke to me two days ago, I Have not Drank water since yesterday, It is Time we Agree with you..The list goes on and on. Nobody should even tell me that it was a typo. It was not and it remains not. Write pidgin if anglais hard, okay..Mr Its a shame graduates cannot answer simpl arithmatic and basic sciences in 90 mins. Many people I know made the same statements until they started taking 'simple numerical reasoning tests' and failing them.
And just in case you did not know, you must know today that, in life, there is always, here am again, always an element of luck in all we do. If there wasn't, there would be no bible verse like Ecclesiastes, where it is written that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but......complete am. If there wasn't, then many people like me would not be where we are today. If there wasn't, then the best graduating student in my brother's class would not fail a test that he wrote with my brother when they were among the people that competed to get a shot at BAT 10 years ago. If there wasn't, my cousin from an unknown polytechnic would not be a big engineer at the same NNPC today, and finally if there wasn't you and I would not be debating over what you wrote.
For every person that gets an opportunity in life, there are hundreds of equally good or even better people that will not get it.
That na life, my brother.
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mosunjoseph @shapnes count,i advise u go ahead.u shouldnt av startd here in d 1st place.bt pls note dat u may giv heavn n earth as excuses bt u wil b d one that wil bear the responsibility of d failure.chevro n shel dat conduct perfect exams,is it evrybdy that make it.even people wit phd fail those exams,so 4get that.bt jst go ahead n publish it since its ur opinion.if u continue 2ask questions lik ds b4 u tak actions,one day wen u r about 2tak a right dscision u wil b dscouraged thoroughly by people's coments (mayb,includin mine)
Oga sir, in case you did not know, please know today that a PhD proves the holder as someone capable of doing research at the highest. However, aptitude tests are a test of IQ and how one has developed both general and specific skills over the years. I hope you can see the distinction between both..That a person has a PhD does not necessarily imply that the person will ace aptitude test. Even a PhD mathematics could fail ordinary numerical reasoning test. I have a guy who made [B]ordinary 3.50/B] kind of 2:1, but can stand anyone in any aptitude test anywhere in the world, even the Chinese and Indian people who are notorious test takers.
The only time that you should be surprised that a PhD fails an aptitude test is when that PhD is from Harvard, Yale, Oxford, MIT, California. To even get into a PhD programme at these schools, a person's aptitude must be unusually high and this is demonstrated by the person's 800/800 GRE quant score and above 600/800 verbal score, plus a GPA of almost 5/5 or 4/4. Trust me, I very well too much over sabi know what I am saying. If you can show me someone with this profile that failed a test in Nigeria, then I will send you 100 dollars. I mean it. Afterwards, I will personally write a letter to Yale. It is not hard for me.
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We do not need to stress ourselves on this issue so much. Have you forgotten that lucky plays its role in this situation? What of God's favour? Candidates who did not make it to the interview stage, i inclusive, should go ahead to await other chances. Afterall, nnpc is not the end of life.
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bla bla bla....give the guys that passed some credit,while acknowledging the hand of the most high...you cant blame an examiner for the kind of questions he sets...anyways real life situations are not cosy so the people that passed did well...or will you say u have forgotten your alphabets cos u left nusery-primary school ages ago....
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The fact that we got our interview invite does not mean we are superfluously intelligent, we should always practice telepathy so that we can empathize with others who did not make it to the interview stage. however hard we try we cannot rule out serendipity in this whole exercise, luck has been the constant denominator in this exercise for anybody who cares to be honest.
i don't subscribe to the weightless argument of trying to bulk shift the "mass failure" on unfavorable exam conditions, any first class or 2.1 who is worth his onions is not expected to fail that cheap test regardless of whether the conditions were favorable or not , the fact that you were tired can never justify your inability to produce results, and if you want to claim that the hall was dark, at least candidates were permitted to buy candles or make use of their phones for illumination, at least for anybody who knows what he/she is doing these conditions are grossly insufficient to produce mass failure.
Nobody has said anything on what i think should be the main issue.
1. Who can explain why a 27 yr old first class engineer with 9 A's in o levels who also posted the highest jamb score in his year did not get a test invite not to talk of interview invite.
2. Who can explain why numerous first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process
3. Why is that NNPC failed to publish the result
The Number of candidate to be absorbed is reflective of the ideal number they wish to employ, 40,000 invited for aptitude test is nothing other than showmanship and a desperate effort to mimic fairness.
Some of us who are lucky to get an interview invite will never stop making noise and a maxim has it that "empty vessels make the loudest noise". if the quota system is anything to go by then some of those who did not get interview invite actually posted intimidating scoreline over and above some who were invited from other states , the quota system has legitimized inequality,
There is nothing more unequal than equality (federal character)
I strongly believe that not all the test scripts were marked, when they were having their hands full they decided to abandon other scripts and make do with the ones they have marked just the same way some first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process.
As a face saving attempt and publicity stunt the NNPC GMD who widely suffers from verbal diarrhea made that unfortunate remark in a fit of epileptic seizure .
Let us not be carried away with our excitement, that hasty and ambitious remark is a stain on our collective intelligence and it is an attempt to dwarf our intellectual stature after being dutifully meticulous at the intellectual colony
Don't be in a haste to forget that only 4700 were invited for interview out of which not more than one thousand would be absorbed, the remaining 3700 will join others on the insult baseline, then you will truly understand how those complaining have felt.
Though i am not disputing the fact that some people don't deserve 2.1 (spare first class, at least they should deserve 2.1) but the truth is that majority can defend their certificate intelligently.
I prefer we sympathize with those who did not get the interview invite because anybody can fall into that category at any given time.
If you know Nigeria very well you wont make much noise and you wont count your chicks before they are hatched, THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA HAS ASSEMBLED AND IT HAS COMPOSED ITS MELODY, THE TUNE TO WHICH EVERYBODY MUST DANCE TO " don't be surprised that someone who didn't even get a test invite will receive offer letter, everything depends on your political correctness.
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nigerians are so selfish. you only complain when it affects you, if it does not then no problem. i took and passed the test but that does not make me more intelligent than all that did not pass. there are many factors that come to play when one is subjected to test in a conducive environment. when we now consider what played itself out on that day, we cannot but say that the test was not organised. when you go for multinational coy's test, there is no opportunity to cheat but we all know what happened in the halls. am sure that some of us that passed cheated in the hall and now claiming intelligence.
please lets stand up for what is bad no matter how much that favours us. i didn't cheat anyway. i couldn't have and expected God to help me.
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Thanks prof salvage, you are as honest as ever, let them continue to blow their trumpet, pride goes before a fall, the lord resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. the end shall justify the means and the end is here.
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prof salvage The fact that we got our interview invite does not mean we are superfluously intelligent, we should always practice telepathy so that we can empathize with others who did not make it to the interview stage. however hard we try we cannot rule out serendipity in this whole exercise, luck has been the constant denominator in this exercise for anybody who cares to be honest.
i don't subscribe to the weightless argument of trying to bulk shift the "mass failure" on unfavorable exam conditions, any first class or 2.1 who is worth his onions is not expected to fail that cheap test regardless of whether the conditions were favorable or not , the fact that you were tired can never justify your inability to produce results, and if you want to claim that the hall was dark, at least candidates were permitted to buy candles or make use of their phones for illumination, at least for anybody who knows what he/she is doing these conditions are grossly insufficient to produce mass failure.
Nobody has said anything on what i think should be the main issue.
1. Who can explain why a 27 yr old first class engineer with 9 A's in o levels who also posted the highest jamb score in his year did not get a test invite not to talk of interview invite.
2. Who can explain why numerous first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process
3. Why is that NNPC failed to publish the result
The Number of candidate to be absorbed is reflective of the ideal number they wish to employ, 40,000 invited for aptitude test is nothing other than showmanship and a desperate effort to mimic fairness.
Some of us who are lucky to get an interview invite will never stop making noise and a maxim has it that "empty vessels make the loudest noise". if the quota system is anything to go by then some of those who did not get interview invite actually posted intimidating scoreline over and above some who were invited from other states , the quota system has legitimized inequality,
There is nothing more unequal than equality (federal character)
I strongly believe that not all the test scripts were marked, when they were having their hands full they decided to abandon other scripts and make do with the ones they have marked just the same way some first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process.
As a face saving attempt and publicity stunt the NNPC GMD who widely suffers from verbal diarrhea made that unfortunate remark in a fit of epileptic seizure .
Let us not be carried away with our excitement, that hasty and ambitious remark is a stain on our collective intelligence and it is an attempt to dwarf our intellectual stature after being dutifully meticulous at the intellectual colony
Don't be in a haste to forget that only 4700 were invited for interview out of which not more than one thousand would be absorbed, the remaining 3700 will join others on the insult baseline, then you will truly understand how those complaining have felt.
Though i am not disputing the fact that some people don't deserve 2.1 (spare first class, at least they should deserve 2.1) but the truth is that majority can defend their certificate intelligently.
I prefer we sympathize with those who did not get the interview invite because anybody can fall into that category at any given time.
If you know Nigeria very well you wont make much noise and you wont count your chicks before they are hatched, THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA HAS ASSEMBLED AND IT HAS COMPOSED ITS MELODY, THE TUNE TO WHICH EVERYBODY MUST DANCE TO " don't be surprised that someone who didn't even get a test invite will receive offer letter, everything depends on your political correctness.
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k Dudes! What's dis noise about? Is NNPC test d only job test dat applicants have failed to pass?. Come to think of it, would chevron n shell ever invite dat no for job test or even recruit up to 1k applicants? Pls stop comparing dem wif NNPC! Look, I'v had tests in d past n failed, but I at no point criticised d organization of any of d tests. Why should ppl take offence bcos dey didn't pass? Dat u failed d test doesn't mean u'r not good but by going ahead to criticise d outcome may be u'r not good afterall. Infact i give credit to both PCL n NNPC for controlling that crowd of applicants n at d same tym giving everyone a fair chance. Pls dont make dose dat'r called fr d interv feel u'r better dan dem cos u'r actually not. For d Phd/Havard/Oxford guy, NNPC is just a corporatn by which d fed govt of Nigeria regulates its pet resources/products. NNPC wants gts, ehs n ops n not some researchers who ought to end up as academics. For d best jambite, it's a pity he wasn't shortlisted may b God has better plans for him. As someone wrightly said; NNPC's not d end of d world. It's just a company dat's expressing her rite to hire n fire, k?
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prof salvage The fact that we got our interview invite does not mean we are superfluously intelligent, we should always practice telepathy so that we can empathize with others who did not make it to the interview stage. however hard we try we cannot rule out serendipity in this whole exercise, luck has been the constant denominator in this exercise for anybody who cares to be honest.
i don't subscribe to the weightless argument of trying to bulk shift the "mass failure" on unfavorable exam conditions, any first class or 2.1 who is worth his onions is not expected to fail that cheap test regardless of whether the conditions were favorable or not , the fact that you were tired can never justify your inability to produce results, and if you want to claim that the hall was dark, at least candidates were permitted to buy candles or make use of their phones for illumination, at least for anybody who knows what he/she is doing these conditions are grossly insufficient to produce mass failure.
Nobody has said anything on what i think should be the main issue.
1. Who can explain why a 27 yr old first class engineer with 9 A's in o levels who also posted the highest jamb score in his year did not get a test invite not to talk of interview invite.
2. Who can explain why numerous first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process
3. Why is that NNPC failed to publish the result
The Number of candidate to be absorbed is reflective of the ideal number they wish to employ, 40,000 invited for aptitude test is nothing other than showmanship and a desperate effort to mimic fairness.
Some of us who are lucky to get an interview invite will never stop making noise and a maxim has it that "empty vessels make the loudest noise". if the quota system is anything to go by then some of those who did not get interview invite actually posted intimidating scoreline over and above some who were invited from other states , the quota system has legitimized inequality,
There is nothing more unequal than equality (federal character)
I strongly believe that not all the test scripts were marked, when they were having their hands full they decided to abandon other scripts and make do with the ones they have marked just the same way some first class and 2.1 were excluded from the test process.
As a face saving attempt and publicity stunt the NNPC GMD who widely suffers from verbal diarrhea made that unfortunate remark in a fit of epileptic seizure .
Let us not be carried away with our excitement, that hasty and ambitious remark is a stain on our collective intelligence and it is an attempt to dwarf our intellectual stature after being dutifully meticulous at the intellectual colony
Don't be in a haste to forget that only 4700 were invited for interview out of which not more than one thousand would be absorbed, the remaining 3700 will join others on the insult baseline, then you will truly understand how those complaining have felt.
Though i am not disputing the fact that some people don't deserve 2.1 (spare first class, at least they should deserve 2.1) but the truth is that majority can defend their certificate intelligently.
I prefer we sympathize with those who did not get the interview invite because anybody can fall into that category at any given time.
If you know Nigeria very well you wont make much noise and you wont count your chicks before they are hatched, THE POLITICAL ORCHESTRA HAS ASSEMBLED AND IT HAS COMPOSED ITS MELODY, THE TUNE TO WHICH EVERYBODY MUST DANCE TO " don't be surprised that someone who didn't even get a test invite will receive offer letter, everything depends on your political correctness.
You string sentences together very nicely. Well done.. But, tell me, why would your guy be wasting his time applying to NNPC. People that have the same profile as him are struggling with the world's best at NASA, Google, Microsoft and some other top, top firms in the world. I was shocked when I read what you wrote about him..
Is he not exposed? Ahan, 9As, best jambito, top first class in engineering. His profile reminds me of some guys, the same engineering guys, who are now doing well and competing with the best in the world..No be all these 400K per month competition O..We dey talk about...make i no talk.
Good luck to him sha..His profile just caught my attention.
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aptitude test are not true test of knowledge
How many students don't get 2.1 are de less intelligent,if we all say the people called for interview where lucky
I concur,I know I was biting my biro in the hall that day,cos if I had really learnt those basics back in second sch,I shld be able to defend it anywhere,anytime
On the exam centre conditions,most of us wrote them in schools in conditions where we were most likely taught in (I can remember my public secondary sch),dilapidated classrooms bad chairs and desks...
Am not saying luck dint play a major role,but the premise that cos of ur antecedents one must make the cut off mark,(that u weren't cald means u failed)then jobs shld be given to pple with the highest cgpa's
NNPC isn't the end of the world,its normal to feel heart broken,let's move on with our lives
God knows best and his will shall be done
More luck to the lucky ones.
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i agree the NNPC boss remarks were unfair !, for transparency he can publish the test scores and rationale for interview invitation , though i believe we should let the sleeping dog lies as regards the NNPc recruitment test.
"Failure" in the test is a very relative term, a candidate who scored 58% in the test, whose state cut off mark is 60% actually failed. While another with score 0f 51% in a state with cut off mark of 50% passed.
The claim about the form of questions asked does not necessarily apply, as long as their is uniformity in the application of the questions.
Let's not allow interview invitation or not affects our self esteem, Its a shame what our policy makers have done to the psyche of this our generation, and even turning us against one another. We will overcome.
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kafox k Dudes! What's dis noise about? Is NNPC test d only job test dat applicants have failed to pass?. Come to think of it, would chevron n shell ever invite dat no for job test or even recruit up to 1k applicants? Pls stop comparing dem wif NNPC! Look, I'v had tests in d past n failed, but I at no point criticised d organization of any of d tests. Why should ppl take offence bcos dey didn't pass? Dat u failed d test doesn't mean u'r not good but by going ahead to criticise d outcome may be u'r not good afterall. Infact i give credit to both PCL n NNPC for controlling that crowd of applicants n at d same tym giving everyone a fair chance. Pls dont make dose dat'r called fr d interv feel u'r better dan dem cos u'r actually not. For d Phd/Havard/Oxford guy, NNPC is just a corporatn by which d fed govt of Nigeria regulates its pet resources/products. NNPC wants gts, ehs n ops n not some researchers who ought to end up as academics. For d best jambite, it's a pity he wasn't shortlisted may b God has better plans for him. As someone wrightly said; NNPC's not d end of d world. It's just a company dat's expressing her rite to hire n fire, k?
there you go again. were they forced to shortlist the number they could not handle? if the crowd was much, couldn't they have gotten more consultants? must it be only philipsconsulting? what is worth doing is worth doing well. there is no excuse for half measure. i'm sure if you hadn't made it, you wouldn't be defending NNPC. You are a true nigerian. don't forget we still have one hurdle to pass
