{"id":136919,"date":"2022-01-19T16:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=136919"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T15:31:40","slug":"ayade-approves-recruitment-into-civil-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/19\/ayade-approves-recruitment-into-civil-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayade approves recruitment into civil service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has approved the recruitment of workers into the state civil service to replace the ageing workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of Service, Timothy Akwaji, disclosed this at the maiden meeting with Permanent Secretaries in his office.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cApproval for the recruitment of staff was to cushion the effect of the diminishing manpower occasioned by the mass retirement from the State Civil Service in 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the impending mass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/19\/buni-approves-65-years-as-retirement-age-for-yobe-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retirement<\/a> from the State Civil Service prompted the need for Permanent Secretaries to mentor their subordinates.<\/p>\n<p>The mentorship is also to position the civil servants for greater responsibilities in the state service.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that \u201cmost of the workers will be exiting the service having completed 35 years in service and this may create a bureaucratic vacuum if there is no mentoring of those that may be left behind to keep the service running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further called on the Permanent Secretaries to change the narrative and enforce disciplinary measures where necessary to ensure optimal service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, some of the Permanent Secretaries commended the Head of Service for the meeting which they described as \u201ca show of oneness\u201d and a demonstration of his readiness to work with them.<\/p>\n<p>They decried the absence of Commissioners as well as Permanent Secretaries in key ministries and appealed to the Head of Service to redeem the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting climaxed with the election of a new exco for the College of Permanent Secretaries.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent Secretary GAO\/SSG, Dr Innocent Eteng, emerged as the new Provost of the College, Mr Enene Eke as Registrar, Mrs Aniedi Ekpenyong \u2013 Bursar, and Sir Dennis Utang as Public Relations Officer<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Head of Service had met with Directors in the State Civil Service where he charged them to be proactive by creating innovations that will \u2018recalibrate and rejig\u2019 the service.<\/p>\n<p>He charged them to reconstitute Senior and Junior staff management committees as this would go a long way to enforce discipline in the different MDAs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has approved the recruitment of workers into the state civil service to replace the ageing workforce. 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