By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
Rivers Sole Administrator Vice-Admiral lbok Ibas (retd) has denied a viral report that he approved the recruitment of 10,000 qualified graduates and non-graduates into the civil service.
Ibas in a statement by the Acting Head of Rivers State Civil Service, Dr. Inyingi Brown, described the report as a fake announcement.
The statement reads: “The Office of the Administrator of Rivers State wishes to disclaim a purported Special Government Announcement spreading round on social media and other platforms stating 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 Lucky Worika.
We wish to categorically inform the people of Rivers State and the general public to ignore the fake announcement.
An appropriate information will be released by the Rivers State Civil Service Commission when it falls due”.