BY OLASUNKANMI AKONI

LAGOS—Lagos State Government yesterday said there was no total embargo on employment into the state public service, saying between 2013 and now, about 2,589 persons were employed by the state government.

Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams, at a briefing in Alausa, said the 2,589 employees were in the internal auditor cadre, the teaching service, medical service among others, as special areas of dire need to render service to the general public.

She said the public service reform was ongoing in the state as the state was collaborating with the United Kingdom, Department for International Development, DFID, through its partnership for accountability, Responsiveness and Capability, to drive for professionalism as articulated through the public service management to transform the department of Finance and Administration, into Human Resources and Administration department.