To curb the activities of fraudsters and criminal elements in Lagos State who pose as job advertisers and agents, the Lagos State House of Assembly has approved that all job advertisers and agents would now register with the state government.
The registration would now be done with the Office of Job Creation in the state, according to the motion moved by Moshood Oshun, the representative of Lagos Mainland Constituency 2 at the House.
The decision of the House, the motion states, is to protect the lives of innocent job seekers who often fall prey to fraudsters, robbers and rapists within the society.
Oshun, chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for State, explained that many of the agencies who advertise various job vacancies could best be described as fake because they only end up defrauding job seekers.
Before now, the job advertisers bought spaces in newspapers to advertise such vacancies, but with improvement in science and technology, they now send vacancies to people through short message service on phones.
In many situations, people get invitations for interviews when they did not even apply for a particular job.
Many job seekers have become victims in their search for jobs. Some have been robbed and abducted after honouring job interviews.
Oshun said his motion became necessary because the evil perpetrated by these elements posing as job placement agents was becoming a cause for concern.
The lawmaker recounted how a lady, who went for a job interview ended up being raped to death by those who invited him.
According to Oshun, “it is high time we did something to protect the residents who patronise all these job centres.
“These people cannot provide jobs for themselves. Fliers are everywhere advertising job vacancies; it is a way of extorting innocent unemployed residents. Many have fallen victim.
“These people do not have any job to offer; the House should call on the Ministry of Information to sensitise the people on the danger.”
He also called on the state Signage and Advertisement Agency, LASAA, to collaborate with security agencies to check the trend.
He also urged the authorities to check those who display fliers, paste posters and write vacancies on walls of buildings with telephone numbers.
In his contribution, his colleague, Rotimi Olowo, noted that the perpetrators of job scams now use social media and that their major aim is to dupe their victims.
Olowo supported that all human resource centres as well as job agencies be made to register with government to secure the lives of residents.
Speaker Mudashiru Obasa also agreed with the mover of the motion adding that any company advertising job vacancies should be asked to register with the Office of Job Creation.
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