Phd, Master's holders among 49,000 jostling for environmental Marshals job in Ogun

Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has said Ph.d and master’s degree holders were among 49,000 applicants who had applied for the slated 3,000 jobs of environmental marshals in the state.

He said this at Obas complex, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta during the award ceremony for teachers and pupils who distinguished themselves in the 2013 President’s Teacher and Schools Excellence Award, held in Abuja.

He said, “No fewer than 49,000 applications have so far been received by the state government. Of the applicants, there were some Ph.D holders and over 600 Master’s degree holders.

”In June this year, Amosun had announced plan by his administration to recruit 3,000 environmental marshals to ensure healthy environment.

According to him, due to overwhelming response to the job offer, it becomes a Herculean task to prune down the number.Amosun who lamented the high rate of unemployment in the country, said he had ordered the suspension of the recruitment exercise.


He called on the necessary authorities to develop a workable plan towards tackling the acute problem of unemployment.He said, “If we have about 600 of those with Master’s qualification and above running around for a job that they would be paid N20,000, then you know that there is a problem.

”Amosun also said no fewer than 14,000 applicants have recently applied for employment in the state’s civil service.

He said, “‎The other time when I met with civil servants, I did mention that if any of them has children that are looking for work and have put in more than 10 years, that they should please apply. I can conveniently tell you‎ that today more than 14,000 have applied.

“When I was making that statement, in my mind I thought I will probably employ about 500 people or so. But lo and behold, we have over 14,000 that have applied. What does that tell us? The problem has been there since.”