The Jigawa State Government has said it has lifted the recruitment embargo to curb the brain drain currently affecting the state’s 27 local government councils.
The chairman of the Jigawa State Local Government Service Commission, DIG Uba Bala Ringim (retd), disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the commission’s achievements in 2025 at the commission’s conference room.
He said the commission recorded significant successes in the previous year, including the promotion of 1,682 staff, and the organisation of 163 workshops and seminars aimed at strengthening professionalism, efficiency, and institutional capacity at the grassroots level.
He explained that some of the challenges recorded included manpower shortages, noting that 628 staff retired from service in the previous year across the local government councils and local education authorities.
According to him, “72 local government councils staff and 83 staff of local education authority died, as well as 704 staff of local education authority retired from service ”
He further stated that ” frequent retirements without prompt replacement, weaken administrative capacity of local governments.”
He added that the commission currently has a workforce of 6,322 and recorded a 20 per cent reduction in staff strength due to retirement and death in 2025.
Mr Uba also said the Jigawa State Government has approved the recruitment of additional local government staff in 2026 to strengthen staffing efficiency and improve service delivery.
