Governor Siminalayi Fubara has cancelled the 10, 000 jobs in the State Civil Service approved by his predecessor, Nyesom WIke, saying a fresh recruitment process would be carried out.
Recall that Wike had during the twilight of his administration approved the employment of the said number of youths with immediate effect to fill vacant positions in the state workforce.
But Fubara during an interactive session with stakeholders in Port Harcourt on Friday said he cancelled the recruitment because the process was flawed and compromised by those entrusted to handle it.
He stated that a more transparent process would commence soon, expressing sadness that when the names of those selected from the 23 local government areas were scrutinised, they were people smuggled in for political patronage.
Responding to a question, the governor stated, “I know that is the first question, the 10,000 jobs; when we came on board, we already had details that were submitted to us from the 23 local government areas.
“You will agree with me that when we subjected those names to proper scrutiny, most of those names 60 per cent of them were over-aged. They were names that people brought for political patronage. But what we are talking about today is employment for the future. I personally after the analysis of those things, I asked how will you employ somebody who is 52 years old as a civil servant? How many years is the person going to work before retirement?”
Meanwhile, the governor has said the social contract between his administration and the Rivers people would remain an unbroken bond to drive governance on a healthy footing.
The governor, therefore, challenged service providers for the Rivers State Waste Management Agency to increase their efforts and make sure that refuse wastes are cleared off the streets promptly to have a cleaner city.
Fubara, who was represented by the Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr George Nwaeke, gave the charge when he received a delegation of leaders and members of the RIWAMA Service Providers Association, on a Solidarity Walk to Government House Gate in Port Harcourt on Friday.
The governor appreciated their daily toiling to make sure that the streets of Port Harcourt and the environs were free of refuse and kept clean.
He noted that a clean and hygienic environment is one enduring way that a government can also stay connected with the people, and ensure that they are not exposed to unhealthy living conditions.
Source | Punchng
