The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has terminated the appointment of 10, 000 civil servants that were employed by ex-Governor Nyesom Wike.
According to reports, Governor Fubara, however, said a new recruitment process would be carried out subsequently.
The Governor made the pronouncement while receiving delegation of leaders and members of the RIWAMA Service Providers Association. The group was on a Solidarity Walk to the Government House Gate in Port Harcourt yesterday.
Addressing the leaders, Fubara said he took the decision because most of the people employed by his predecessor were over aged.
The Governor was represented at the meeting by the Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr. George Nwaeke.
Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the Governor said, “I know that is the first question, the ten thousand 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, in fact, 60 per cent of those names 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, said, ‘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?”
The Governor, however, assured that the social contract between his administration and the Rivers people won’t be broken. He, therefore, challenged service providers for the Rivers State Waste Management Agency to redouble their efforts.
He urge them to make sure that refuse wastes are cleared off the streets promptly. This is to make the city more cleaner city always.
source: The Nation
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