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Guest
It was a Saturday filled with tears, sweat and blood when thousands of Nigerians thronged different venues Nationwide to participate in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment test. 19 people including 4 pregnant woman lost their lives due to the stampede that occurred in about 5 test venues.
DAILY TRUST is reporting that those who lost their lives may have died for nothing as only 240 of the 4,556 slots at the Nigerian Immigration Service remained for the 522,6752 the 'ordinary' applicants who trooped to the test centers.
According to an anonymous source, among those who were already allocated job slots are governors, senators, House of Representatives members and ministers.
"They shared all the positions among governors, senators and others. What remains for those ordinary job seekers was 240", the source said.
Mr. Chukwuemeka Obuah, spokesperson for NIS denied any knowledge of the sharing of slots as the recruitment was not handled by the immigration.
The House of Representatives Interior Committee led by Umar Bature said if National Assembly members were given any allocation of job slots, they were entitled to them.
"People can say whatever they want to say. The National Assembly members are members of the public. So if they are given slots, I think they are entitled to it. But that is the issue that we would look at when we meet with the Senate committee. But I think we should not be looking at the scapegoat", Bature said.
Bature also defended the N1,000 collected from the candidates saying saying all agencies routinely collect application form fees from job seekers.
The Senate, alongside factions of the Nigerian Governors Faction are yet to comment on slot sharing.
DAILY TRUST is reporting that those who lost their lives may have died for nothing as only 240 of the 4,556 slots at the Nigerian Immigration Service remained for the 522,6752 the 'ordinary' applicants who trooped to the test centers.
According to an anonymous source, among those who were already allocated job slots are governors, senators, House of Representatives members and ministers.
"They shared all the positions among governors, senators and others. What remains for those ordinary job seekers was 240", the source said.
Mr. Chukwuemeka Obuah, spokesperson for NIS denied any knowledge of the sharing of slots as the recruitment was not handled by the immigration.
The House of Representatives Interior Committee led by Umar Bature said if National Assembly members were given any allocation of job slots, they were entitled to them.
"People can say whatever they want to say. The National Assembly members are members of the public. So if they are given slots, I think they are entitled to it. But that is the issue that we would look at when we meet with the Senate committee. But I think we should not be looking at the scapegoat", Bature said.
Bature also defended the N1,000 collected from the candidates saying saying all agencies routinely collect application form fees from job seekers.
The Senate, alongside factions of the Nigerian Governors Faction are yet to comment on slot sharing.
