Ebonyi State Government has set up a committee headed by the Deputy Governor of the State, Dr Kelechi Igwe, to commence the recruitment process of 3,000 Ebonyians into the State’s civil service.

The Committee was charged to immediately commence advertisement of the recruitment so that every interested Ebonyian would not be kept in the dark.

This was the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting held on Saturday at the EXCO Chamber, Old Government House Abakaliki on Friday as contained in a press statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Francis Nwaze.

Other members of the Committee include the State Commissioner for Education; the Commissioner for Human Capital Development, the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Head of Service; the Chief of Staff; the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Education; the Special Assistant to the Governor on Education; the Special Assistant to the Governor on Labour and Inter-Party; the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Local Government Matters; the Special Assistant to the Governor on Chieftaincy and Local Government Matters; the Commissioner for Finance; the Accountant General of the State; and the Chairman of Ebonyi State Civil Service Commission who doubles as the Secretary of the Committee.

The State government further announced that the recruitment process would be based on Local Government equality; adding that all Ebonyians who were qualified would either be recruited into the State’s Civil Service or be given empowerment.

The State government also announced that all young men and women from the State who had First Class in the Sciences, English, and Mathematics should submit their applications to the Commissioner for education for employment in David Nweze Umahi University of Medical Sciences Uburu, while others who had First Class from Arts disciplines were to apply to the Committee headed by the Deputy Governor to be given an opportunity for employment into the State Civil Service.

The government further directed that the processes of promotion in the State’s Public and Civil Service should commence immediately.

“The promotions should be based on existing vacancies from resignations, absconding and deaths. And then, it was deliberated that promotions for the year 2019, 2020, 2021 that is outstanding should be done immediately in the Civil Service and equally in the Public Service; which means, while the Civil Service is doing their own, the Local Government Service Commission will be doing their own simultaneously,” the statement added.

The State government also announced plans to establish a male football team, in fulfillment of the Governor’s promise during the End-SARS protest to be named Salt City Football Club.

“The team, Salt City Football Club will start its campaign from the Amateur League 2 in the Nigerian League to prepare our local boys who are talented to participate and make (up) the team and one of the processes to recruit them is to further organize competitions,” he said.

(Daily Independent)

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