Secret Employemt Exercise By Rivers State Civil Service Commission is False

Recently issues have been trailing the air that the Rivers State Civil Service Commission has been carrying out a secret employment exercise with the intention of laying up a financial load on the incoming administration. But the state Civil Service Commission have describe the reports has false aiming at tarnishing the image of the state government and the commission.

Rivers State Civil Service Commission chairman, Sr. Martyns Yellowe told news men that, the commission was never aware of any secret employment into Civil Service, as every employment is guided by the commission’s rules and regulations.

According to him:

Before any employment process is carried out there has to be an approval by the state Governor after which Vacancies would be made public. He also said that, though there are vacancies in the ministries, department and agencies, recruitment exercise cannot be carried out until there is an approval from the state Governor. He add that the last employment exercise in the state was carried out in August, 2013 and since then there has not been any other employment done by the commission.

However, he advice the general public to disregard false information; that the commission is embarking on secret recruitment exercises. He also added that it is only a cheap blackmail aimed at tarnishing the image of the state government and the commission.