The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has issued a public warning about fraudsters exploiting its Postgraduate Foreign Scholarship Programme to deceive unsuspecting victims. In a statement released on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Port Harcourt, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, revealed that scammers are soliciting money from the public by falsely offering scholarship placements.
Thompson-Wakama disclosed that fraudulent emails, sent from nddcregistry@gmail.com and claiming to originate from the NDDC’s “Board Registry,” invite recipients to a fake document verification exercise scheduled for May 19 to May 21 at Bishop Oluwole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. “The NDDC has no affiliation with this fraudulent process,” she emphasized, clarifying that all legitimate scholarship communications are conducted solely through the official portal, www.scholarship.nddc.gov.ng.
The NDDC urged the public to disregard unsolicited messages requesting payments, sensitive information, or scholarship offers outside its official procedures. Thompson-Wakama advised reporting such scams to law enforcement for investigation and encouraged Nigerians to verify information through the NDDC’s official website, www.nddc.gov.ng. She stressed that former beneficiaries and prospective applicants should rely exclusively on the commission’s verified channels to avoid falling victim to these fraudulent schemes.
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