The Nigerian Navy has dismissed online advertisements calling for admission into the Nigerian Navy College of Health Sciences and Technology (NNCHS) Offa, Kwara State.
The director information Naval Headquarters, Cdre Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said NNCHS is a professional naval institution exclusively for Nigerian Navy (NN) personnel and not for civilians.
He said the fake advertisement had fixed the cost of obtaining admission forms at the rate of N15,000 while the school fees stipulated as N186,850.
The Director further noted that criminals also directed all payments for the forms and school fees to be lodged into a First bank of Nigeria Account Number 3162014359 bearing a pseudo account name; Lieutenant Inusa Endurance and with phone number 09134510613.
He added that the phony advertisement contained the contacts of a self-proclaimed Public Relations Officer’s phone contact and the scheduled date for interview/test as fixed by the miscreants is to hold from 4 – 15 September 2023 which are all fake.
He said “Nigerian Navy College of Health Sciences (NNCHS) Offa, Kwara State is a professional naval institution exclusively for Nigerian Navy (NN) medical personnel and not for civilians hence the College has no basis to advertise sales of admission forms to members of the public”.
He added that the names and phone numbers mentioned are all fraudulent, meant to deceive individuals and have nothing to do with the NN or the NNCHS, Offa.
He therefore, urged the public to always verify from www.nigeriannavy.mil.ng and other credible sources before committing their hard earned resources in such fraudulent venture.
