UMUAHIA-GOVERNOR Theodore Orji of Abia State has approved waiver for employment in the state civil service.
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According to Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Charles Ajunwa, the decision was taken by the Government to reposition the state's economy.
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The decision, he explained was taken by the State Executive Council had last.
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In a statement, Ajunwa named those to benefit from the waiver for employment to include Abians, especially youths and those who returned from the northern part of the country because of security problems.
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Others to benefit from the waiver for employment, according to him, are non-indigenes disengaged from the state's civil service in 2011.
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It would be recalled that in apparent response to continued shortfall in revenue accruable to the state, the state government had placed an embargo on employment of civil servant.