The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] has announced the recruitment of 1,050 Graduate Trainees, signalling the successful completion of its 2019/2020 employment exercise.

The Human Resources Division of the NNPC has commenced the issuance of provisional offers of employment to the fresh employees.

A statement from the corporation’s Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Samson Makoji, disclosed this on Friday.

Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Kyari, who described the recruitment as a very important assignment for the corporation, said the outcome of the exercise reflected national spread and complied with all statutory requirements.

The GMD maintained that recruitment in the corporation will be a continuous process, even as he noted that the Experienced Hire component of the exercise would be addressed in due course.

“We look forward to warmly receiving our new team members and working with them to build a corporation that all Nigerians will be proud of,” he added.

The 2019/2020 recruitment exercise kicked off with nationwide adverts in national dailies and online media on March 13, 2019, followed by shortlisting of qualified candidates which commenced from about March 27, 2019.

The shortlisted candidates sat for Computer-Based Testing across the Country on June 1, 2019, followed by Interview in July 2019.

The statement noted that NNPC is an equal opportunity employer in the oil and gas Industry value chain, with operations in areas such as exploration, refining, transportation and marketing of petroleum products.

The statement added that the corporation will continue to recruit the best hands in order to boost its operations nationwide.