15,000 Applicants Jostle For 900 Slots In Oyo Civil Service

The Oyo State authorities has mentioned that about 15,000 candidates will sit for its forthcoming computer-based check (CBT) for recruitment into completely different cadres of its civil service.

Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Fee, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe, who disclosed this in Ibadan, mentioned the examination would maintain from Monday, November 25, 2024 to Thursday, November 28, 2024.

He mentioned approval was given by Governor Seyi Makinde for 900 officers to be recruited into completely different Ministries, Departments and Companies for presidency (MDAs) within the mainstream of the civil service.

Aderibigbe mentioned that out of twenty-two,235 purposes acquired by the fee, 15,000 have been shortlisted to take a seat for the CBT.

The Fee chairman famous that the recruitment train was unprecedented within the historical past of Oyo State, as there has by no means been a time within the final 20 years when such recruitment was achieved.

“For example, the current administration had recruited 60 environmental well being personnel in 2020, 692 schooling officers, 30 state counsels in the identical 12 months, whereas 19 officers have been lately recruited for the Ministry of Lands.

“As for the continuing course of, 22,235 purposes have been efficiently submitted into the state authorities job portal out of which roughly 15,000 which is about 67% have been certified for recruitment into the cadres for which they’ve utilized in keeping with the scheme of service and the parameters said in our Tribune commercial of seventh October, 2024,” he mentioned.

Whereas thanking Governor Makinde for the very uncommon alternative to raise many youths out of poverty to prosperity with the employment alternatives, Aderibigbe appealed to the candidates to be good ambassadors of the state.