The Cross River State Government has announced the cancellation of the 2024/2025 Local Government recruitment exercise, describing it as fundamentally flawed and marred by alleged job racketeering and commercialisation of employment slots.
This is contained in a statement issued by Anthony Owan-Enoh, secretary to the Cross River State Government, on Thursday in Calabar.
According to the statement, the decision followed the submission and consideration of the report of a panel of enquiry set up to investigate the recruitment exercise conducted by the defunct Local Government Commission.
The panel found that the exercise lacked executive approval by the governor and breached public service ethics, extant laws, and financial regulations.
The panel also established alleged institutional complicity, ineptitude, lack of transparency and accountability in the process.
