FAKE NEWS ALERT: Rivers sole administrator disowns civil service recruitment notice

Ibok-Ete Ibas, the sole administrator of Rivers, has distanced his administration from reports that the government is set to recruit 10,000 people into the state’s civil service.

On Thursday, there were reports that the state had commenced mass recruitment of graduates and non-graduates.

The reports also claimed the approval was granted by Ibas and attributed the announcement to Ibibia Worika, secretary to the state government.

However, in a counter-statement issued by Inyingi Brown, acting head of the Rivers state civil service, the state government described the information as false and misleading.

Brown asked the public to disregard the notice as it did not originate from any authorised channel.

“The Office of the Administrator of Rivers State wishes to disclaim a purported Special Government Announcement spreading round on social media and other platforms,” the statement reads.

“The announcement stated that His Excellency, the Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR, has approved the recruitment of 10,000 qualified graduates and non graduates into the Rivers State civil service and that the recruitment portal shall be opened for application midnight of Sunday 13/04/2025.

“The statement is claimed to have been signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibibia Lucky Worika.

“We wish to categorically inform the people of Rivers State and the general public that this is false and ask that this fake announcement be ignored.

“Appropriate information will be released by the Rivers State Civil Service Commission in due time.”

The rebuttal added that any genuine announcement on civil service recruitment would be made through the official channels of the Rivers state civil service commission.