Rivers to downsize workforce
The Rivers State government has revealed plans to downsize its workforce for efficiency in the system.
The state governor,
Chibuike Amaechi, who disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Friday during
an interactive session with civil servants, said that the system is
over populated and has no clear definition of schedule of duty.
The governor said
most civil servants in the state are redundant in their various places
of work “and end up roaming about during official hours.”
He pointed out that
modalities would be worked out with the labour unions to determine how
to actualise the plan to prune down the workforce.
“I must say that it
is worrisome to see that state civil service has a workforce of more
than 50,000, some of whom have no specific duties to perform,” he said.
“They only collect salaries at the end of the month; it is therefore
necessary to maintain only an effective number of staff.”
He directed the
Head of Service and the department handling the automated salary system
to ensure that only genuine workers are paid salaries.
Mr. Amaechi also used the forum to state that promotion in the state civil service would henceforth be based on merit.
He advised the
workers to update themselves through available training opportunities
in order to meet up with the changing trend in the service.
“The civil service is the engine room of government; its role is indeed vital to the success of any administration,” he said.
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