Ogun Recruits 481 Health Workers as 294 Scale ASCON Civil Service Exam

The planned recruitment of 782 workers into the Ogun State Hospitals Management Board has kicked off with employment letters given out to the first batch of 481 successful applicants.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka, said in Abeokuta that the exercise is in fulfillment of the electioneering campaign promises of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun- led administration towards providing job opportunities.

He added that it was also a major step forward in delivering the healthcare promises enshrined in the five cardinal programme of the State Government.

The commissioner lauded Amosun for approving the recruitment exercise to fill vacant posts and said that patients and healthcare workers alike would feel the impact of the employment greatly.

He disclosed that the exercise covers all health care jobs, which include security men, gardeners, nursing sisters, medical officers, clerical officers and consultants.

One of the new recruits, Mrs. Ademola Babatunde, a nursing sister, according to a press statement expressed gratitude to the state government for her employment, saying she was “highly elated for being among the successful ones”.

Meanwhile, no fewer than 294 individuals who sat for the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) and the other Specialized Cadres Examination conducted by the Ogun State Civil Service Commission have passed the examination.

Chairman of the State Civil Service Commission, Mrs. Aderonke Folarin, who said this in Abeokuta, revealed that out of the 294 successful candidates, 114 are newly employed while the other 180 are those who did inter cadre transfer. They have all resumed duty.

She said the 180 serving officers are to resume duty immediately, while the newly employed are to resume as soon as they collect their appointment letters.

Folarin explained that the need to fortify the State Civil Service and fill existing vacancies informed the decision to conduct the examination, pointing out that the importance, which the State Government attached to excellence, was responsible for the one-year period for which candidates underwent series of tests.

The Chairman lauded Amosun for matching his words with action by facilitating employment opportunities. She charged the successful officers to reciprocate the gesture with improved commitment, devotion, loyalty and productivity.

Speaking on behalf of the successful candidates, Mr. Lamidi Fagbohun Asamu, an executive officer in the Bureau of Transportation, said he sat for the ASCON examination in order to be upgraded, adding that he has since assumed the cadre of accounting officer.

On the part of Disu Ayobami Adedeji, an information officer in the Ministry of Information of Strategy said his decision to sit for the examination was to add value to his profession and he promised to contribute his quota to the development of the state.

Source Guardian News