Cross River Lifts Restriction on Employment Into Civil Service

Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has lifted the 25-year embargo on employment in the state’s civil service.

This was announced by the Commissioner for Information, Dr Erasmus Ekpang, on Thursday.

Recall that the last mass employment in the state occured in 1999.
Following the lifting of the restriction, Ekpang said about 2,000 people would be recruited in the first phase.

He said the recruitment exercise, which would commence immediately, would be carried out across all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies.

He stated, “The immediate past administration attempted to employ, but when the present government took office, many flaws were discovered in that exercise.

“As we speak, the state civil service is almost depleted, and we are indeed happy that the governor has deemed it necessary to recruit at this point.”