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Oyo state government has shortlisted 15,000 out of the 22,235 applicants for the various positions in the Civil service.
The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service, Chief Kamoru Abiodun Aderibigbe disclosed at a press briefing in Ibadan on Friday.
He added that out of the 15,000 shortlisted applicants, 900 successful candidates would be recruited to fill the vacant positions in the civil service.
According to him, “The recruitment is unprecedented in the history of Oyo State, as there has never been a time in the last two decades when such recruitment was done, as it has always been on cadre basis.
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“The president administration had recruited 60 Environmental Health personnel in 2020, 692 Education Officers, 30 state Counsel in the same year, while 19 officers were recently recruited for the Ministry of Lands.
“As for the ongoing process, 22,235 applications were successfully submitted into the State government job portal out of which roughly 15,000 which is about 67% were qualified for recruitment into the cadres for which they have applied in line with the scheme of service and the parameters stated in our Tribune advertisement of 7th October, 2024.
“Consequently, the applicants have been divided into two groups of examining for competence.
“Those seeking employment as Education Officers, Environmental Health personnel, Social Welfare and Youth will sit CBT at the Arch. Bamidele Samson CBT Center, Opposite UCH, on Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th November, while others will sit for theirs at the Distance Learning CBT Center, Ajibode, Ibadan, on Thursday, 28th November, 2024. Invites are already being sent to successful applicants.
“Where an applicant is yet to get invite, he/she should continue to try and hopefully he will be invited if qualified.
“Where an applicant is yet to receive an invite, he/she should go to the Oyo State Government portal and refresh if qualified by all the parameters stated in our publication”
