Racket in Peace Corps: ‘Cadets paid N100,000 for enlistment’

The controversy surrounding last year’s recruitment by the Peace Corps of Nigeria, is yet to be resolved, as some personnel claimed that they paid through the nose to secure enlistment into the organisation. Sunday Telegraph’s investigation revealed that the personnel paid some amount to get enlisted. How much did the Peace Corps of Nigeria collect from applicants in 2016?

Was it forty thousand naira (N40, 000), or a hundred thousand naira (N100, 000)? Again, is the organisation recruiting? Sunday Telegraph’s investigation has revealed that some personnel of the Corps, who participated in a one-month training exercise last year, may have paid as much as N100, 000, to resume training at designated camps.
Aside from the alleged payment, some of the affected persons further alleged that training items said to have been captured in the fee charged for form, were later sold to “trainees” in camp.

But, the Peace Corps has since described the claim as false, insisting that its form was sold for N40, 000. The organisation further stated that the money covered accommodation, medicals and other expenses. One of the successful applicants, in an interview with New Telegraph correspondent, said during the training, they were made to pay for Passing-Out-Parade (POP), buy training kits, among others.

New Telegraph, October 8, 2017

 

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