Bauchi Govt opens portal to employ 10,000 citizens

The Bauchi state government says it has opened an employment portal to recruit 10,000 citizens of the state into different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

Gov. Bala Mohammed disclosed this in Bauchi on Friday prior to the commencement of stakeholders’ meeting on the employment.

Mohammed, who said that the meeting was to engage stakeholders on how the employment would be done, added that a lot of the citizens of the state have started applying on the portal.

“I invited you here because the Head of Service has come up with a template and he has given us the gist of the employment of 10,000 so far.

“There are 214 jobs with 5,669 vacancies that are available in 18 MDAs, and all the people from the council’s have applied.

“The advert has generated a lot of interest, and so I don’t know how to navigate this. I must source for your resourcefulness.

“I must get your contribution, so that together we will do it with justice and equity.

“Not just to allocate everything for political expediency or the so-called people on the high table will go and share the vacancies,” he said.

Mohammed explained that the Head of Service had said that only 5,669 vacancies were available at the moment, promising that the rest would be employed next year.

He called on all the stakeholders to be just and equitable while charting the way the employment would be executed.