Oyo Gov’t Approves Recruitment Of 791 Workers Into Civil Service

The Oyo State Government has approved the recruitment process of 791 officers of various cadres into the mainstream of its civil service.

Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alh. Kamoru Aderibigbe who made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan, said the recruitment would encompass the absorption of 230 education officers, and 561 officers into the mainstream.

Aderibigbe said the recruitment will be the highest into the mainstream of the civil service in the last two decades.

“I believe we could have had more, but, for the fact that the governor has constantly approved the conversion of officers who were employed into the lower cadres in the civil service by the previous administration, but possessed higher educational qualifications.

“In addition, those who academically improved themselves by having additional qualifications from tertiary institutions with the approval of the state government also benefited from about 1,500 workers converted on the governor’s magnanimity since the beginning of this administration and more are still being converted as we are here,” Aderibigbe said.

He stressed that the recruitment exercise would be for those who excelled in 35 teaching subjects in the Ministry of Education controlled schools and about 45 various cadres in the core civil service.

Aderibigbe said to ensure due diligence, fairness and equity in the recruitment process, prospective applicants would be required to log into the State Government job portal www.jobportal.oyostate.gov.ng as from Monday, 7th October, 2024 to Friday, 11th October, 2024

Meanwhile, applicants into cadres requiring a degree must be University graduates with a minimum of Second Class (Hons.) lower division while applicants into cadres that require Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate must be Polytechnic graduates with a minimum of lower credit.

He said the commission would ensure competence in the discharge of its duties without any political interference.

“All university and polytechnic graduates must possess NYSC discharge certificates or exemption certificates as at the time of this recruitment process. Applicants into cadres requiring the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) must be graduates with a minimum of merit.”

He said the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde had scored another goal by approving the recruitment process, for teeming youths in the state.

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Orientation, Dr. Taiwo Ladipo reiterated the government’s commitment to ensure merit in the recruitment process.