The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has received over 20 million job applications within one hour of announcing new job openings on Friday.
A source at the NNPCL confirmed the development to NewsNGR on Friday.
“Within the first hour of opening applications, our servers registered over 20 million attempts to submit job applications. It’s an unprecedented situation,” the source stated.
The influx of applications had caused technical glitches on the NNPCL’s website, resulting in slow load times and difficulties for applicants attempting to submit their information.
Addressing the situation, NNPCL had said in post on X (formerly Twitter): “Due to unprecedented traffic to the NNPC Ltd. career page from applicants applying for vacancies, the site is currently experiencing slow load times
“Our technicians are working diligently to rectify the problem as quickly as possible.”
The company reassured potential applicants that the application deadline remains August 20, 202.
In a follow-up statement, NNPCL noted its commitment to fairness in the hiring process: “Our team is working assiduously to accommodate the surge of applications.
“While we acknowledge the keen interest of Nigerians in having an exciting career experience with us, we reassure all Nigerians of a transparent and merit-based recruitment process.
“We therefore encourage capable Nigerians to take maximum advantage of this unique opportunity.”
The positions announced include graduate trainees and those on supervisory cadre.