RSG Moves To Employ 5,000 Youths …As Wike Orders Civil Servants From GL 1 To 10 To Resume Work

The Rivers State Executive Council has approved the employment of 5,000 youths into the State Civil Service.
The approval was given during its meeting, which was presided over by the state Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and held at Government House, Port Harcourt, last Wednesday.
Briefing journalists after the meeting, the state Commissioner for Employment Generation and Empowerment, Mr. Sylvanus Nwankwo, said the youths must not be more than 35 years.
He said that there were existing vacancies in the State Civil Service needing engineers, lawyers, medical doctors, technicians and other professionals that these youths will fill.
Also addressing journalists, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Pastor Paulinus Nsirim, said the recruitment drive undertaken by the Wike administration would bridge the employment gap in the state.
Nsirim also disclosed the council’s approval that civil servants directed to stay at home during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown should resume work on Monday, November 2, 2020.
“Civil servants on grade level 1 to 10 who have been at home because of Covid-19 pandemic lockdown are to resume work on Monday, November 2, 2020”, he restated.
According to the commissioner, council also approved a minor cabinet reshuffle that has moved the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Community Affairs to take charge of the Ministry of Works.
He said the current Commissioner for Works would now head the Ministry of Urban Development and Physical Planning, while the commissioner he is replacing moves to the Ministry of Transport.
Nsirim stated that the current Commissioner for Transport would now be in-charge of the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Community Affairs.
The information commissioner also revealed council’s decision that the Rebisi Flyover would be commissioned on November 7, 2020, by the Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola (SAN).
Nsirim explained that public bars that were closed for business due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic are now to open, while night clubs will remain closed.
On his part, the Commissioner for Youths, Prince Ohia, said the council’s approval for the employment of 5,000 youths shows that Governor Wike is youth-friendly.