Akwa Ibom State Government is Recruiting Secretly ~Job Seekers Decried

Applicants in Akwa Ibom State have decried the alleged secret employment going on in the state’s public service.

One of the applicants, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Punch Newspapers, disclosed that she paid N250,000 to a top government official to secure a job but had not gotten the job.

“We are many who have paid money to get the civil service job. I paid since April last year. Others who paid have resumed work. I am yet to get my employment letter,” she said.

According to some of the applicants, they have parted with huge amounts ranging from N200,000 to N300,000 as bribe to gain employment.

Findings further gathered that some top government officials and politicians use their connection to secure employment for their cronies while some applicants pay huge amounts of money as bribes to some government officials to secure employment.

A source close to the Head of Civil Service told Punch Newspapers reporter that new employees visited their office daily for documentation. They source declosed that "They are required to report for documentation as part of the requirements for eligibility for payroll.”

It was further gathered that the secret employment is not restricted to the state civil service but it was also being carried out in the Local Government Service Commission as well as federal agencies in the state.

A source disclosed how a new employee in a university recently visited their office to get registered as a member of a professional body.

Reacting to the alleged secret employment, The Head of Civil Service, Elder Effiong Essien, denied the secret employment.

He stated that those being employed were selected from the data bank of those who had earlier responded to its advertised.

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