Imo State government has approved the recruitment of additional 10,000 workers to boost its workforce.
This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for information and strategy, Nze Elvis Agukwe in a radio broadcast as part of decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House in owerri on Thursday March 31, 2011. The Commissioner disclosed that a committee headed by the Head of Service in the state has been constituted to conduct the recruitment exercise which according to him would not require special ways of interview.
He further stated that 9,000 technicians would be employed in the state civil service and 1,000 teachers to address the problem of shortage of teachers in the state school system, adding that the recruitment takes immediate effect.
He equally announced government’s approval of N44 million for the 44 mission schools being handed over to their original owners for the rehabilitation facilities in the schools. On the election, he expressed government readiness to ensure that the April election was conducted free and fair. He expressed government dissatisfaction with the political style of the APGA Gubernatorial Candidate, Chief Rochas Okorocha who he said had attempted to incite his followers to cause violence in the state, adding that Imo state is peaceful and needs peace loving leaders to steer the mantle of leadership in the next political dispensation.
He thanked the citizens of state and PDP supporters for remaining calm evev in the face of peovocation and he urged them to vote for PDP.