…… to work out promotion, employment of 10,000 youths.
Governor Nyesom Wike has inaugurated a five- member- board for the State Civil Service Commission.
Members are a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Clifford Ndu Walter (Chairman); Venerable Richard Okpara; Osima Gina; John Nalley; and Mike Elechi.
Wike had promised the new executive of the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) last Thursday of reconstitution of the state Civil Service Commission and had sent the names of members that would constitute the board to the State House of Assembly for screening.
The governor had said that the board would work out promotion of civil servants and ensure the employment of 10,000 youths in the state civil service.
Following their screening on Friday, the new members were inaugurated by the Governor at the Government House on Monday.
At the occasion,Wike acknowledged that the inauguration of the board was long overdue.
The governor mandates the new board to perform two major tasks which is to work out the promotion of workers at all levels, including their financial benefits, and begin the process of employing 10,000 youths into the service.
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In other to make the assignment easy,he advised the board members to request from the various ministries the areas of need to deploy the new employees appropriately for efficient service delivery.
Wike also urged the commission to design a job recruitment portal to receive online applications from more persons and consider the applications more easily.
He warned against the witch-hunt of any staff member in the promotion process and discrimination against any applicants for the 10,000 employment opportunity adding that the assignment must be concluded within one month.
The governor debunked claims that the planned promotion and employment are to influence voters ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections.
