Imo 10,000 jobs: Only 2,035
genuine – Committee
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July 13, 2011
News
Owerri – The Imo
government 10,000 jobs
verification committee, on
Tuesday submitted its report
to government. The
committee found out that
only 2,035 of the 10,000 jobs
said to be given to youths
were genuine.
The Ikedi Ohakim-led
administration in its last
week in office, announced
the job offer, which Gov.
Rochas Okorocha suspended
in June and set up the
verification committee in that
regard.
Presenting the report to the
Secretary to the Government
of Imo (SSI), Prof. Anthony
Anwuka, the committee’s
Chairman, Mr Charles
Onuoha, said that only 8,211
beneficiaries of the said
employment scheme showed
up for verification.
Onuoha said that the
verification which covered
the period between Oct.
2010 and April 2011, was
thorough and devoid of any
victimisation.
The chairman said some of
the offers were “politically-
motivated” because some
public officers involved in the
exercise compromised their
positions.
According to him, some of
those said to have been
given the appointment
scored less than 40 per cent
in the aptitude tests
conducted for the job while
others did not take the
examination at all.
He added that other flaws
that characterised the job
offers were indiscriminate
offer of appointment letters,
bribery, and certificate/
documentation
discrepancies.
Receiving the report,
Anwuka commended the
committee for carrying out
the exercise with high sense
of responsibility, promising
that government would
study it and act accordingly.
According to him, the
verification was not meant to
be a witch-hunt, but to put
the record straight for
posterity.
Anwka gave an assurance
that the 2,035 persons
cleared, of security of their
jobs, and advised those not
cleared to take advantage of
the youth empowerment
programme initiated by the
present administration.
He directed all those believed
to have been offered
appointments under the
much-advertised 10,000 job
offers, to check at their local
government headquarters, to
find out whether theirs were
genuine or not.   (NAN)
www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/imo-10000-jobs-only-2035-genuine-committee/

What does that mean? The State hired only 2035? Or what? What makes a Job genuine in this case? If you are hired as a sweeper, you are genuine, if you are hired as a window washer, you are not?

re you sure you read through that article