Comfort Isaac
Over 15,000 job seekers have submitted applications for 3000 vacant positions in the Akwa Ibom State civil service
The state government in June announced plans to recruit 3000 civil servants, with 1000 each to be hired into the teaching service, the health sector and the core civil service.
The 3000 vacant position was a fallout of the civil service verification exercise in which 3000 ghost workers were uncovered.
Governor Umo Eno who announced the number of applications in Uyo, the state capital during the monthly prayer service promises to ensure transparency in the recruitment process adding that it would be based on merit
According to the governor, the selection would be a computer-based based test with instant results adding, “there are no slots, and there is no favouritism.”
Previous recruitment exercises had been marred by lack of transparency, favoritism and had generated much anxiety among job seeks in the state.
Eno also disclosed that “in the past two days, I inspected 23 projects across the state and was inspired by the number of youths, engineers, artisans, and even young female project leaders, actively engaged. This is the spirit we must embrace: more hard work, ” he said
The governor announced the commencement of the third phase of food distribution for the vulnerable begining August 20th, to cushion the effect of the economic hardship on families in need.
