Niger Delta Oil Producing Community Stakeholders (NDOPCS) has called on Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to immediately reschedule its 2024 graduate aptitude test over the global system collapse by Dragnet which had denied millions of Niger Deltans who applied for the recruitment process.
NDOPCS alleged that Dragnet, an online IT service provider which was contracted by Chevron Nigeria Limited to facilitate the chevron aptitude test, had system failure for over two hours during the aptitude test on Saturday October 26, 2024.
Recall that CNL had fixed Saturday for its virtual aptitude test for applicants seeking graduate employment into the company from across the globe.
However, the process was alleged to have been marred when Dragnet system reportedly collapsed thereby preventing millions of applicants from participating in the aptitude test online.
In a statement on Sunday by NDOPCS’ National President, Amb. Preye Oshariye; National Secretary, Engr. Obot Ikong Steven and Zonal President, Misan Ofe Eyesan, the group demanded for a thorough investigation into the system failure by Dragnet.
The group said failure by CNL to reschedule the process to allow for fair and credible aptitude test would suggest the process had been compromised ab initio, especially against applicants from oil and gas producing communities in the Niger Delta.
“Candidates in Nigeria, other parts of Africa and the world in diaspora including Canada and America had experienced a total shut down of the Chevron Graduate Aptitude test on Saturday 26th October,2024 that was outsourced to dragnet and conducted virtually.
Dragnet who is an online IT service provider was contracted by Chevron Nigeria Limited to facilitate the chevron aptitude test, majority of the candidates that participated virtually said that the system was completely shut down for over 2hours causing an unpleasant disrupt in the test, and in some cases the dragnet system was irresponsive for over an hour, while some candidates could not gain access into the test platform despite completing the pre-test assessment earlier.
“This abnormality has caused a massive disrupt and affected qualified candidates who were scheduled for the aptitude test on Saturday 26th of October, 2024 from either completing the process or denied them access. Some candidates who had earlier sent emails to Dragnet and contacted their customer services 07001237880 stating this challenge were ignored.
“Stakeholders in Nigeria and diaspora are calling on Chevron Nigeria Limited to investigate thoroughly on the dragnet system and reschedule exam otherwise this system would be tagged compromised and not a true and fair assessment. They are also calling on Chevron Nigeria Limited to reconsider a physical examination for qualified participants in the rural communities so as to effectively participate in this exercise,” the statement added.
