Fubara Cancels Wike’s Approval For Major Project In Rivers As Crisis Worsens
A fresh indication has emerged showing that the crisis in Rivers State has worsened with no solution in sight yet as the two rival camps go tough on each other.
The ongoing political turmoil in Rivers State took a dramatic twist on Friday when Governor Siminalayi Fubara announced the cancellation of 10,000 jobs in the State Civil Service, approved by the previous administration.
The employments had been authorized by his predecessor and the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
During an interactive session with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, the Governor declared that a fresh recruitment process would commence shortly.
Before his term ended, Wike had approved the immediate employment of a substantial number of youths to address workforce vacancies in the state.
However, Fubara criticized the recruitment process, alleging flaws and compromises by those involved.
The Governor revealed that upon scrutinizing the selected names from the 23 local government areas, it became apparent that many were included for political favors and were also over-aged.
“You will agree with me that when we subjected those names to proper scrutiny, most of those names, in fact, 60 per cent of those names were over-aged. They were names that people brought for political patronage.
“But what we are talking about today is employment for the future. I, personally after the analysis of those things, said ‘How will you employ somebody who is 52 years old as a civil servant?” Fubara queried.
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