Rivers State has denied reports of a recruitment exercise into the state civil service credited to the administration of Sole Administrator, Ibokete Ibas.
A statement signed by the acting Head of Service, Dr. (Mrs.) Iyingi Brown, described the information as fake.
“The office of the administrator of Rivers State wishes to disclaim a purported special government announcement spreading round on social media and other platforms stating that the Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (rtd) Ibok-Ete Ibas, has approved the recruitment of 10,000 qualified graduates and non-graduates into the Rivers State civil service and that the recruitment portal shall be opened for application midnight of Sunday 13/04/2025.
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“The statement is claimed to have been signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Lucky Worika.
“We wish to categorically inform the people of Rivers State and the general public that this is false and ask that this fake announcement be ignored,” the statement clarified.
It said that appropriate information will be released by the Rivers State Civil Service Commission in due time.