The All Progressives Congress (APC) has blamed the deaths of 19 job seekers at the venues of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) job test on Saturday, on 15 years of misrule by the PDP-led federal government.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the Minister of Interior must bear direct responsibility for the needless deaths by immediately stepping down from his post, if he has any honour left, or be fired.
It said, however, that the overall responsibility is that of President Goodluck Jonathan, who now seems to be bent on leaving a dubious legacy of bad leadership that has led to a grim harvest of deaths from insecurity, widespread violence and now job stampede, among others.
APC commiserated with the families of the victims and wished those who were injured a speedy recovery.APC symbol
”Despite huge yearly budgets rolled out since 1999, the PDP-led federal government has failed to create jobs for our teeming youth, and the number of those who are jobless has now reached such an alarming rate that a job emergency may have to be declared to avert an impending cataclysm.
”Massive mindless looting of the public treasury has seen funds that could have been used to create millions of jobs end up in the deep pockets of corrupt government and PDP officials, without any consequence for the thieves, while the incompetent federal government led by a clueless President continues to deceive the public with cooked figures showing job creation where indeed there have been job losses,.
”Today, sadly, the truth has been laid bare: 5,000 or so vacancies declared by NIS have attracted over six million applicants, from which over half a million was shortlisted, according to published reports, and the desperation of our youth to eke out a decent living has been exploited by a villainous government that forced each applicant to cough out 1,000 Naira, thus raking in 6 billion Naira from jobless people,” the party said.
It said that the Ministry of Interior has many questions to answer over the apparently-shoddy arrangements made for the job tests in 37 venues nationwide.
”Is it true that the Minister directly presided over the recruitment and money-making venture? Could this have been part of the government’s fund-raising measures for the 2015 elections? Why will a government seek to profit from a malaise it created by charging hapless job seekers 1,000 Naira each? Why was a huge number of applicants invited for only 5,000 jobs or less? Why was such a shoddy arrangement made for the test when so many people were invited? Could the test not have been done in batches to avoid a stampede? How much indeed was realized from this glaring extortion of job seekers? What happened to the money?
These are some of the questions begging for answers.
”An investigation into the needless deaths of our youth, under a government that has failed them in every respect, must seek to answer those questions and recommend ways to avoid a recurrence. At least if a government cannot create jobs, it must neither profit from its incompetence nor send the victims of its ineptitude to their early graves,” APC said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I regereted going for NIS exams now I'm paying my hospital bill alone including d 1000naira scam by govt. Pls I beg Nigerians to help fight 4 these scam. It has gone to d level that d rich want to take all 4rm d poor and kill them. I thank God I'm alive. PATOGAR.
ReplyDeleteThese govt officials seem to feel they can push people beyond human endurance. All they want our youths to be is their prostitutes and thugs whilst they send their own children to Oxford Cambridge and Harvard. They have pushed to far and these docile masses will react
ReplyDeleteSeems Nigeria so call Leaders are taking the youth for granted, they careless about the youth, think now is the time for Nigerian youth to take their destiny into their hands. Is either they do the right thing or we start thinking of our own Nigeria spring.
DeleteNaija we are the enemies of ourselves not the government
ReplyDeleteSeems Nigeria so call Leaders are taking the youth for granted, they careless about the youth, think now is the time for Nigerian youth to take their destiny into their hands. Is either they do the right thing or we start thinking of our own Nigeria spring.
ReplyDeleteWho b govt if nt us, I blame those that went for the test u shld ve knwn dat it was jst propaganda.dos dat are alive now shld knw dat wen it coms to naija n there is a public announcement for tins like dis, if u value ur blood dnt go, beta drink gari in ur house dan wasted. I tell u no bdy will fight for u wen u are dead, nigerians are carwards n d so calld leaders knw. So dey giv us shit n we eat.nigerians are toothless bulldogs u will see dat nobdy will tlk abt it again soonest
ReplyDeleteThey are not only coward, docile but it is the same youth the PDP will recruit as tugs and used to rig the next election. Poverty is endemic in them that their brain has been whitewashed, so much so that they cannot think well. They believe in today-today naira. They believe tomorrow will take care of it self. It is a shame. A cup of garri is enough for some person to kill an opponent.. Go to the local palace what you hear is that : It is our turn, na our person, na we get oil
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ReplyDeleteI was once a victim of this stupid nation, three to four years ago I went for FRSC recruitment , civil defence and custom service recruitment with my upper credit I won the race and I was not called for the FRSC. THIS GOVERNMENT AND PDP ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GENERATE FUND AT ALL COST. When 2000 vacancy is available why should the government allowed over 600,000 people to apply if it is not a fund raising? Now I have a poultry that am running, it is not easy when I started but am progressing. Government should change her ways or suffer the consequence if not now but later, boko haram is just a start if this is not properly look into. BE GUIDED
ReplyDeleteEverytin govt if you cannot eat govt if you cant not sleep govt....i pity u people u better go and look for handwork to do sitdown and be blaming govt.....even if Apc take ober in nigeria they can m
ReplyDeletenot do more than what GEJ is doing bet it with me
B,u are senseless,what is GEJ doing?He is doing nothing.What improvement has come to Nigeria? suferrnes is in ur blood and it will soon kill u under GEJ.
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