JOB WHALA: Four pregnant women, 15 others die at Immigration recruitment A recruitment drive by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday ended in death, tears and sorrow for many at most of the centres across the country. In all 19 people died: three pregnant women in Benin, eight applicants made up of six women and two men in Abuja, three in Minna and five in Port Harcourt including a pregnant woman. Dozens of others were injured in stampedes as the applicants struggled to position themselves at the recruitment centres. The ruling PDP last night expressed sympathies with the families of the dead. Those in Calabar were flogged by security men brought in to control the sea of heads that turned up for the aptitude test. The situation at the National Stadium, Abuja which served as the Federal Capital Territory centre was particularly rowdy. About 70,000 turned up for the test. About 50 of them including pregnant women were injured in the stampede that ensued as the applicants tried to gain entry into the main bowl of the stadium through only one point. In Calabar, soldiers, and personnel of the Immigration Service and the Civil Defence flogged applicants at the Federal Government Girls College venue of the recruitment for allegedly being rowdy. One the job seekers who gave his name as Joe told our reporter he was in serious pain after receiving lashes from one of the security men. His words: “my brother, look at me: a Master’s degree holder. I was flogged because I’m looking for work. I cannot remember the last time I was flogged and looking for a job is the last place I expected such a thing would be done. It is so painful.” The exam did not start until 4pm. Many of the applicants even had no desk or chair to write the exam had to sit on the school sport field to do so.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 05:20:31 +0000
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