Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has employed 35 engineers, architects, land surveyors and other professionals into the state workforce.
Speaking during a one-week induction programme organized for the newly recruited officers in Akure, the state capital, the commissioner, Engr. Raimi Aminu said the gesture was to fill the personnel gap that had been created in the ministry as a result of the non-employment of officers into the cadres for the past thirteen years.
He stated that despite the dwindling economy across the country, the governor felt the need for an adequate transition programme as the last set of officers recruited were not getting younger, hence the need to employ younger who would take over from them in future.
Aminu, while lauding the government for approving the recruitment, expressed hope that the injection of the new officers into ministry would further ease the workload.
According to him, the normal practice was to have at least three engineers on a project but this is far from the situation before the recruitment where a single engineer might be supervising about three projects.
Speaking on the process that led to the selection of the officers, Aminu said a series of thorough screening were conducted through the state civil service commission leading the selection of the best among equals.
‘You can see the economic situation, even at the federal level. It’s dwindling. Despite that, the governor saw reason with us and gave approval for the engagement of these professionals.’ The commissioner said.