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- A UK-based Nigerian doctor, Kelvin Alaneme, was secretly filmed by the BBC successful an undercover investigation, allegedly selling fake occupation opportunities to overseas nationals
- Legit.ng reports that successful the past fewer years, the connection “Japa” has go a household word successful Nigeria, symbolising the wide exodus of Nigerians seeking greener pastures abroad
- Following the BBC's report, Dr. Alaneme has vowed to writer the media organisation for defamation
Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 4 years of acquisition covering migration.
London, UK - Amid the 'japa' question successful Nigeria, Kelvin Alaneme, a United Kingdom (UK-based) Nigerian aesculapian doctor, has been filmed allegedly selling jobs to foreigners.
Legit.ng reports that "japa" is simply a Yoruba connection meaning "to tally away." That is what galore Nigerian youths are doing successful the hunt for greener pastures and amended occupation opportunities.
Source: Twitter
Alaneme, the president of Career and Educational Services, has worked for the National Health Service (NHS) successful the tract of psychiatry.
Per a newly-released exposé by the BBC World Service, Alaneme allegedly defrauded hopeless migrants and occupation seekers of millions of Naira successful the UK relocation 'scam'.
The embattled aesculapian practitioner is besides a self-acclaimed "good governance activist" and self-published author.
Secret recordings by the BBC captured Dr. Alaneme boasting astir his operation. Believing helium was speaking to a imaginable concern spouse successful the UK attraction industry, helium offered her a relation successful his network, saying: “Just get maine attraction homes. I tin marque you a millionaire.”
He said each occupation vacancy secured from a UK attraction location was worthy £2,000 ($2,600), with an further £500 ($650) commission. These occupation slots were past sold to unsuspecting Nigerian occupation seekers, galore of whom ended up stranded successful the UK with nary enactment and nary means of survival.
The investigative study is trending connected X (formerly Twitter).
Source: Twitter
Legit.ng reports that nether UK law, charging candidates for jobs is illegal.
Reports of migration scams person accrued since a authorities visa strategy - primitively designed to fto overseas aesculapian professionals enactment successful the UK - was broadened successful 2022 to see attraction workers.
To use for the visa, candidates indispensable archetypal get a "Certificate of Sponsorship" (CoS) from a UK leader who is licensed by the Home Office. It is the request for CoS documents that are being exploited by rogue relocation agents.
Alaneme reacts to BBC's allegation
Meanwhile, reacting to the purported indictment, Alaneme said helium has ne'er scammed oregon defrauded anyone successful his life.
He said via his verified X account:
"Since we began successful 2020, CareerEdu has helped implicit 5,000 Nigerians relocate, not conscionable to the UK but to different countries. We person services successful Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Oman and the United States.“We are not attraction occupation employers successful the UK. We person ever made this clear. Our occupation is to nexus qualified employees to morganatic and licensed employers and recruiters who supply CoS, which we person ever said is free."When challenged online to writer the BBC if his concern was legitimate, Alaneme responded:
"We’ll bash that.”Read much connected Japa:
- Japa: Doctor who relocated to UK considers returning to Nigeria, shares struggles with job-hunting
- UK govt announces caller fiscal requirements for visa application, Nigerians affected
- Nigerian woman relocating to Canada pays other N784,000 for excess luggage astatine airport
Thailand launches e-visa system, invites Nigerians
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that arsenic the Royal Thai Embassy successful Abuja moved toward a wholly integer visa exertion process, Nigerians who mean to question to Thailand can present apply for visas online.
Physical submissions are nary longer required arsenic a effect of the change, which became effectual connected January 1st, 2025.
In summation to Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin Republic, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Chad are besides covered by the e-visa scheme.
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Source: Legit.ng
