Oyo State Government says a process is ongoing to recruit 791 new officers into various cadres of its mainstream civil service.

The Chairman of the Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Kamoru Aderibigbe, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.

Aderibigbe said the recruitment would involve the absorption of 230 education officers and 561 others into the mainstream civil service.

He stated that the recruitment would be the highest into the mainstream civil service in the last two decades.

According to him, the prospective applicants would be required to log into the state government job portal: www.jobportal.oyostate.gov.ng from October 7 to October 11, 2024.

Aderibigbe noted that the online application would enhance due diligence, fairness, and equity of the recruitment process.

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The commission boss said: “Applicants into cadres requiring a degree must be university graduates with minimum of second class honours division, while applicants into cadres that require Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate must be polytechnic graduates with a minimum of lower credit.

“All university and polytechnic graduates must possess NYSC discharged certificates or exemption certificates as at the time of the recruitment process.

“Equally, applicants into cadres requiring the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) must be graduates with minimum of merit.”

Aderibigbe added that the commission would ensure competence in the discharge of its duties, without any political interference.

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