Osun State Government has denied conducting mass recruitment into the state’s public service.
Reminding members of the public that the Osun State Civil Service Commission’s sale of forms is standard official procedure.
In a statement issued by the Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, on Friday, revealed that the claim of mass recruitment was untrue as the state government only allowed the recruitment of 500 new teachers and 250 education officers.
The Osun State government also urged members of the public and job seekers not to misinterpret the ongoing recruitment of teachers as an advancement into the state’s civil service.
“The sales of forms by the Osun State Civil Service Commission, it must be emphasized, is a normal official routine.
“Members of the public, particularly employment seekers, should not, in any way, misconstrue it to be a scheme by the Ademola Adeleke-led administration for mass recruitment into the state civil service.
“We advise those, who by now, must have collected the forms, to keep them jealously in their possession pending when an official approval for mass recruitment exercise may be officially unfolded to the public.
“Again, the Government wishes to reiterate that the only approved recruitment drive currently going on in Osun State is the sale and issuance of forms for the engagement of an additional 5000 teachers and 250 education officers.
“The aim, which is in accordance with the recent approval granted by the Osun State Executive Council, is to fill the existing vacancies in the state’s teaching service in order to strengthen the hitherto moribund education sector.
“Therefore, If the Government wishes to embark on a general mass recruitment exercise into the Civil Service, an official announcement, via officially designated media channels, would be released to the public,” the statement concluded.