Rivers State Government on Wednesday said it has lifted the
ban on employment and promotions in the Civil Service.
The State Governor, Nyesom Wike, announced the lifting of
the ban yesterday during the 2019 International Workers Day Celebration at the
Yakubu Gowon Stadium Elekahia, Port Harcourt.
Represented by his Deputy, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, Wike
said the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission had already been directed to
conduct interviews and effect the promotion of civil servants to their next
salary grades, noting that he has also approved the recruitment of Rivers
indigenes to fill existing vacancies as part of efforts to strengthen the Civil
Service for effective service delivery to the Rivers People.
Wike said the state government
under his watch is committed to tackling
social issues by creating the enabling environment for the private sector to
create jobs and empower our youths
“We are also strengthening our educational system to ensure
that our graduates are imbued with appropriate skills and the mindset to become
job creators rather than job seekers and will also continue to implement
effective policies and programmes that will address and lift our people from
poverty to economic prosperity,” Wike further stressed.
The State Chief Executive also disclosed that Government has
started implementing the N100, 000,000.00 interest-free loan to Civil Servants
in a bid to advance the welfare and wellbeing of Civil Servants.
He promised to pay the new minimum wage as soon as he
receives the official transmission from the Federal Government while noting
that the Pension Reform Bill recently passed by the State House of Assembly0l would
bring into existence a seamless and positive scheme for workers in the State.
The state Chief Executive, who described his administration
as worker-friendly, said despite financial challenges his Government is up to
date in the payment of full salaries and pensions to working and retired Civil
Servants, stressing that his promise to construct befitting Secretariats
Chapters for the State Chapters of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade
Union Congress has been fulfilled and would soon be handed over.
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