Cross River lifts 25-year embargo on employment into civil service

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

The Commissioner for Information, Dr Erasmus Ekpang, announced this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Wednesday.

Noting that the last mass employment in the service occurred in 1999, Ekpang said 2,000 people would be recruited in the first phase.

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