Ogun cancels N10,000 job application fee, orders refund
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, cancelled the collection of N10,000 administrative fee from applicants seeking employment in the state’s civil service.
The governor directed the Chairman of the state’s Civil Service Commission to stop the collection forthwith and also make a refund to job applicants who already paid.
The development was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi.
Talabi said Abiodun extended the gesture considering the prevailing harsh economy in the country.
He pointed out that the job application fee had been in place for decades and was “charged by the Civil Service Commission on behalf of third-party independent examiners who administer and supervise the CBT test and centres.”
The SSG said, “The state government, as a gesture of good faith and in acknowledgment of the current economic situation in the country, also taken into consideration the ultimate aim of the recruitment exercise, which is to alleviate the suffering of the citizens and create employment in the state, and instructed the immediate refund of fees paid along with a waiver for any new applications.”
