Monday, May 5, 2025 - The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has issued a public alert over the activities of fraudsters impersonating the agency and offering fake postgraduate scholarship opportunities to unsuspecting individuals.
In a statement released Sunday from Port Harcourt, the
NDDC’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama, warned that
the scammers had been soliciting money from members of the public under the
guise of securing placements in the commission’s Postgraduate Foreign
Scholarship Programme.
She noted that the NDDC had been made aware of fraudulent
emails and messages sent to applicants, falsely claiming to be from the
agency’s ‘Board Registry’. These emails, originating from the
address nddcregistry@gmail.com , invite recipients to attend a
non-existent document verification and authentication exercise scheduled to
take place between May 19 and May 21 on Bishop Oluwole Street in Victoria
Island, Lagos. Thompson-Wakama made it clear that the NDDC has no connection
with this so-called exercise, describing the entire process as fake.
The commission reaffirmed that all legitimate communication
regarding its scholarship programme is carried out solely through its official
portal at www.scholarship.nddc.gov.ng. Thompson-Wakama cautioned
applicants to ignore any unsolicited messages requesting money, personal
details, or offering scholarship placements outside the established NDDC
channels. She urged those who have received such fraudulent communications to
report them immediately to the relevant law enforcement authorities for
investigation and action.
She further encouraged Nigerians interested in participating
in the NDDC’s educational programmes to rely exclusively on the commission’s
verified communication platforms for accurate and up-to-date information.
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