The Bayelsa State Government has uncovered that, the ongoing changes in the public service has kept on yielding constructive outcomes, as it is right now sparing around 684 million Naira every year from the review of the grade levels of workers at the Local Government level alone.

Making the disclosure at a joint media briefing of top government functionaries in Government House, Yenagoa, the State Commissioner for Local Government Administration, Mrs. Agatha Goma, clarified that, the survey of the review levels of workers was to guarantee that, Local Government staff are at their appropraite grade levels and as well as check cases of arbitrary promotions.

According to her from the exercise, which was done by the Local Government Service Commission, the Government made reserve funds of about N57 million monthly, adding that, some portion of the endeavors to tidy up the issues, incorporate physical appraisal of workers to identify over aged persons, review of the certificates presented by workers to ascertain the validity of those certificates.

In a press statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Mrs. Goma pointed out that,as a result of the reforms being carried out since 2012, the wage bill of the state has been decreased from over N6 billion Naira in 2012 to around 3.8 billion Naira in 2018, stressing that, the local government council presently have the ability to also pay salaries of workers promptly.

In his remarks, the Head of Service, Reverend Thomas Zidafamor, encouraged Bayelsans to disapprove the bits of gossip that, the Government has sacked 28, 000 specialists, calling attention to that, it was the craftsmanship of a misinformed opposition.

According to him, the fact that organised labour in the state is in a harmonious relationship with the state government on the reforms, shows that the information and the rumours being peddled are a not only cooked up, but also a figment of their imagination.

He challenged those peddling deception about the changes to publish the names of the sacked workers, describing the statement as an illusion of their imagination.

alsp speaking, a member of the State House of Assembly representing Yenagoa Constituency 2, Hon. Ebiwou Koku-Obiyai, focused on the requirement for Bayelsans to grasp the changes and support the government in purging the services of all types of sharp practices.

She said the state government has been carrying out reforms in the public service to address the rot in the system and the attendant over bloated wage bill.

According to her, the significant issues being handled, incorporate ghost workers, unapproved employments, inflated grade levels, substitution of names of dead workers, inflated payrolls as well as workers with multiple employment, absenteeism among others.

In his remarks, the Commissioner for Employment, Labour and Productivity, Chief Collins Cocodia, thanked Governor Seriake Dickson for the approval of immediate employment of 1,000 graduate youths into the civil service.

He also commended the state government for its approval for the training of about 2000 public servants in partnership with some reputable organizations such as Google Skill Africa and Digital Bridge Institute.

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