{"id":322283,"date":"2024-05-10T10:08:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T09:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=322283"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:08:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T09:08:40","slug":"employment-not-govts-priority-now-says-abia-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/10\/employment-not-govts-priority-now-says-abia-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Employment not govt\u2019s priority now, says Abia gov"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Says issue of employment would arise when the government finished dealing with what it met in the civil service<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><strong>complained that the number of persons in the civil service was still very high, even after verification<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says it is not on the front burner of his administration to employ new people in the state\u2019s civil service.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/08\/gov-otti-reconstitutes-members-of-abia-judicial-service-commission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">governor<\/a> made this known during the monthly interactive session with the media on Thursday in Umuahia.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the issue of employment would arise when the government finished dealing with what it met in the civil service.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there is an embargo that I made, and that embargo is still in place.<\/p>\n<p>He complained that the number of persons in the civil service was still very high, even after verification.<\/p>\n<p>Otti decried the huge wage bill of about four billion naira for both local government and state monthly.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, however, assured that the government was working assiduously on improving and enhancing the pay for civil servants.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the government was aware that there were quite a lot of people in the service who might not be contributing at optimal levels and would need to do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cSo, it may not be a priority at this time to open up the doors to bring in new people, except if we have a way of exiting a few people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you know, with the civil service rules, it is not going to be very easy to exit people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are trying to do with the establishment of the Civil Service Commission and resumption of the new Head of Service and new Permanent Secretaries is to ensure that our people are adequately trained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to enable them to operate their skills and perform better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor spoke on a range of issues concerning his developmental stride in areas of infrastructure, agriculture, education, health, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says issue of employment would arise when the government finished dealing with what it met in the civil service complained that the number of persons in the civil service was still very high, even after verification Gov. 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