The Rivers State Civil Service Commission is a statutorily constituted executive body authorized to oversee the development and administration of the state's
civil service system
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...
. It also has power to make appointments, exercise disciplinary control and remove persons holding or acting in offices within the civil service. The Commission is headed by a Chairman, who is appointed by the
Governor with the consent of the
State House of Assembly.
Composition
Part II, section 197 (1), of the Constitution of 1999 (Third Schedule) specifies:
"A State Civil Service Commission shall comprise the following members -"
#A Chairman
#Not less than two and not more than four other persons, who shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be persons of unquestionable integrity and sound political judgment.
See also
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Government of Rivers State
The Government of Rivers State consists of elected representatives and appointed officials responsible for the government of Rivers State, Nigeria. Rivers State has a population of about 5 million people, and is one of the 36 states that make up ...
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List of government agencies of Rivers State
References
{{Government of Rivers State
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission