According to the statutory of Federal Civil Service,all
Nigerians who are qualified and have valid certificate are entitled to a civil
job upon showing their interest to such offer. I don't know maybe this aspect
of the Civil Service Act was drafted outside the shores of Nigeria by none
Nigerians. But the truth is that, that column actually exists in the act.
Tertiary institutions graduate thousands of youth every
year, meaning in every calendar year, Nigeria always have qualified citizen
clamouring for employment. Youth after the compulsory service year take to the
street, job site, blogs and other site to seek for employment. Most of this
site actually publish real and ghost vacancy, which 2/3 of the applicant are
never called for any interview or even get any feedback from the said vacant
positions.
I have always been asking about what happened to vacant seat
in the government ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) in the country.
what happened to the portfolio of people who died during course of service,
people who are retired( even though we know that our commissions are loaded
with old daddy's who aint willing to let go from the national cake).People die every
day, vacancy come up every week but this seat have always been left unoccupied.
It’s always annoying when we don't find answers to all this questions.
Recently, why surfing the web to search for relevant
vacancies, a friend smiled and threw his appointment letter on my leg to celebrate
with him that he has finally been given a job. I was very happy for him because
this day has been long overdue in his life but what shocked me most was the
fact that the appointment was given secretly. No vacancy was released neither
was there any news stating qualified youth to submit their credentials.
Out of curiosity, I asked him on how he managed to get the
info and he replied whimsically "na leg oo”, they just called me and asked
me if I was interested in FRSC work. Grabbed it sharply and I did all my
documentation's immediately". Hearing that, I developed a cold feet, my
mind travelled far in fear that our society is perilously heading towards
administrative misgovern. This jobs are never listed even in the site of civil
service commission and still yet jobs are been dashed and sold out every month.
I take solace from those who took their time, sweat and
resources to apply for the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defense corps (NSCDC) jobs. Money was collected for the
exercise, youth were wounded and nothing have been said regarding the job since
then. Even thou we know it’s the right of the government to provide us a
gainful job; it has always been the other way around even at the availability
of this jobs. I pray this 2015 will be a turning point in the lives of
Nigerians and also bring forth glide tidings. To, government officials, we say ‘enough
of this deceit and maladministration!’
By: kosby001
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