The Bauchi State government says it has approved the recruitment of 1,684 secondary school teachers, extension workers and staff of the state-owned Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare.
In a statement by the state Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Yahuza Adamu Haruna and made available to newsmen, said that Governor Bala Mohammed approved the recruitment following the embargo lifted by the governor in his inaugural address on May 29.
The Head of Service explained that out of the 1,684 to be employed, a total of 1,000 teachers for English Language, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and ICT were approved to be employed.
Alhaji Adamu added that 150 staff are to be employed for the Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, while 206 extension workers and farm managers are to be employed in the state Ministry of Agriculture in fulfilment of the Governor’s promise during the launch of the 2023 farming season and sales of fertilizer in Azare.
Alhaji Adamu, while commending the Governor for his approval, which he said would not only make the needed manpower in relevant sectors available, also warned applicants to be careful of fraudsters and assured that the recruitment process would be monitored by the government and security agents in order to identify those that may capitalise on it to defraud unsuspecting applicants.
The state council of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, while reacting to the development, says it is a welcome development, adding that by lifting the embargo on employment in the state, Governor Mohammed had shown that he was a listening governor.
Meanwhile, while reacting to the development, the state council of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, welcomed it, saying that by lifting the embargo on employment in the state, Governor Mohammed had shown that he was a listening governor.
The state NLC chairman, Comrade Dauda Maidara Shu’aibu also commended the Governor for his efforts aimed at reducing unemployment rate in the state, saying the NLC had previously advised the Governor to recruit more hands in critical areas during Workers’ Day.