IKEJA - Some 34 unemployed youths, including five graduates, today applied as cleaners in the new Lagos House, Ikeja as Governor Babatunde Fashola formally moved into the new office complex.

One of the unemployed graduates told newsmen that he holds a Higher National Diploma from the Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo.

“I read marketing and graduated in 2006, having carried out the NYSC programme in Abia from 2006 to 2007.

“Since then, I have been working at a car wash centre as an attendant, where I received a daily pittance.

“A friend told me that recruitment for cleaners was to hold here today, and I decided to try my luck, since it is a permanent job, and through it, I can rise to a higher status,” he said.

The applicant added that he had never applied to the State Civil Service for any job placement.
Another applicant said he graduated from the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, where he read Business Administration.

“I have been teaching in a private school, after my NYSC, and I felt this should be a better option, coming from government,” he said.

The officer in charge of the recruitment told NAN that only 10 applicants out of the 34 applicants would be employed with effect from today.

“The least salary we will pay them is N12,000,” he said.

Meanwhile, Fashola resumed in his new office at the Lagos House, Ikeja today at 9.30 a.m., with his personal aides.

His former Round House Office is now to be occupied by the Deputy Gov., Mrs. Adebisi Sosan.
The new Lagos House, built by Arab Contractors, was inaugurated by former Gov. Bola Tinubu toward the end of his tenure in 2007.

The incumbent’s movement was, however, delayed, because finishing touches had to be carried out on the building.