Immigration Job Test Tragedy * Thousands of Nigerian unemployed graduates took the Nigerian Immigration Services Job exercise in various state capitals including the FCT, Abuja, that had 69,000 Applicants. * Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) allegedly raked about N6billion from the applicants as processing fee. * Each applicant paid N1,000. * At the National Stadium, Abuja, which was the centre for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, eight applicants were reported dead. * Four others were feared dead at the Port Harcourt, Rivers State centre, three in Minna, Niger State and one in Benin-City, Edo State. * thousands have been reported to have lost consciousness due to exhaustion and the stampede * Unconfirmed reports claimed the Benin-City victim was a pregnant applicant. * Stampede was reported in Akure where 12,000 were invited for the test. * Thousands of certificates were allegedly lost at the Ondo State centre. * At the Abuja centre, the thousands of applicants were overwhelmed with emotions as eight of their colleagues were allegedly taken to the mortuary. * About 50 were said to have fainted and several others injured. What have happened to common sense in Nigeria? What is wrong in NIS inviting the Applicants is batches? After making Billions from unsuspecting unemployed youths, what stops NIS from engaging the services of experts and consultants outside the Civil service structure? How should those charged with governance in Nigeria allow this avoidable disaster to happen? Hope For Nigeria is still confused that the Minister for Internal Affairs and the Head of Nigerian Immigration Services have not resigned and give us their explanation on why they forced these young men and women to commit suicide.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:16:19 +0000
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