Wike’s 5,000 Youths Employment Into State Civil Service Is Unachievable – Maritime Group

On Nov 9, 2020

Maritime group under the aegis of the Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders Importers Exporters Coalition (SNFFIEC) , has alleged that the proposed 5,000 youths employment by the Rivers State Government into the state civil service as “unachievable”

The coalition group maintained that the Nyesom Wike led administration does not have the capacity to employ or pay workers of that number at a time the nation is struggling to workers.

Speaking with DAILYFOCUS NIGERIA recently, National Co-ordinator of SNFFIEC, Chief Osita Chukwu Patrick called on Wike to give further details about the vacancies that exist in the state ministries, adding that no state across the federation can make such moves with scarce resources.

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Osita Chukwu Patrick, National Coordinator, Save Nigerian Freight Forwarders Importers Exporters Coalition

According to him, the engineering and medical sub sectors in the state cannot accommodate 1000 workers , urging the youths in the state to continuously engage the governor to fulfill his promises.

The further queried the existing vacancies in the state ministries which , according to him, cannot engage a total of 1,000 youths.

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“ Wike cannot pay the salaries of the proposed 5,000 youths.

“Let them stop deceiving the youths in that state for any reason. The state government just feel like announcing what is not possible at a time like this because ,he want the youths to be quite”,he noted.

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The Rivers State Executive Council had approved the employment of 5000 youths into the State Civil Service.

The approval was given during its meeting on Wednesday 28th, October 2020, which was presided over by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and held at Government House, Port Harcourt on 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 there are existing vacancies in the civil service needing Engineers, Lawyers, Medical Doctors, Technicians and other fields of profession that these youths will fill.

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