The 1,000 graduates entrance examination into the Bayelsa Civil Service took place 21st of August, 2018 to 23rd of August 2018.

About 23,000 Bayelsans applied for the screening exercise; but only 12,000 graduates were shortlisted for the entrance examination.

The committee in charge of the screening and recruitment exercise led by Dr. Peter Singabele outlined reasons why only 12,000 names were shortlisted for the entrance examination.

*Discrepancies in credentials

*Fake certificates

*& Incomplete documents to mention but a few.

It is important to note that the recruitment process is strictly based on merit. No special consideration would be given to preferences of political appointees or other highly placed individuals.

The committee will act strictly on the instructions/directive of the Governor that only qualified graduates be given employment after the entrance exams and oral interview.

Also note, candidates who sat for the entrance examination should not be too excited or carried away by the seemingly easy questions.

In order to ensure that we have an effective public service with qualified civil servants, the committee will follow strict criteria and place under scrutiny other factors such as the following:

*Spellings
*Use of Gramma
*Punctuation
*Syntaxes etc. among other criteria.

Candidates should also take into consideration that there are specific questions related to discipline. All of which would be assessed before the final stage, which is the oral interview.

Only 1,000 qualified candidates will be recruited into the Civil Service.

The public should ignore rumormongers on social media who say that non-indigenes were also shortlisted for the entrance examination. All candidates shortlisted for the exams are Bayelsa indigenes ONLY.

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