Rivers State Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has denied reports that his administration is set to recruit 10,000 people into the state’s civil service.

The Sole Administrator is responding to reports that went viral on Thursday that the state will be embarking on a mass recruitment of graduates and non-graduates into the State Civil service.

Countering the reports, the acting head of the Rivers State Civil Service, Inyingi Brown, called the information false and misleading.

“The Office of the Administrator of Rivers State wishes to disclaim a purported Special Government Announcement spreading round on social media and other platforms’.

“The announcement stated that His Excellency, the Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas CFR, has approved the recruitment of 10,000 qualified graduates and non-graduates into the Rivers State civil service and that the recruitment portal shall be opened for application midnight of Sunday 13/04/2025.

“The statement is claimed to have been signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibibia Lucky Worika.

“We wish to categorically inform the people of Rivers State and the general public that this is false and ask that this fake announcement be ignored.

“Appropriate information will be released by the Rivers State Civil Service Commission in due time,” the statement reads.