The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has come out to debunk claims on social media that one Mr. Bashir Ahmad purportedly the media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari has been appointed as the new manager.
According to the letter, Ahmad has been appointed “as the manager/supervisor of the National Production Monitoring System under the downstream monitoring and regulatory department on GL 05, S1 on contributory pension scheme in line with the Pension Reforms Act 2004 as (amended) 2014.”
The agency in a statement today tagged the letter as one of the activities of mischievous fellows on social media.
The statement reads: “The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) attention has been drawn to a fake letter of appointment circulating on social media purportedly issued to one Bashir Ahmad.
“This is the handiwork of some mischief makers hiding behind the veil of social media to spread fake news and mislead the public.
“We hereby advise members of the public to disregard the purported letter in its entirety as it is not from DPR.
“We wish to reiterate that employment into the Department is carried out in accordance with extant rules guiding such exercises in the Nigerian Public Service in line with due process.” the statement concluded.
