F.G ORDERS NIS TO CONDUCT A FRESH RECRUITMENT EXERCISE

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the cancelling of the
nationwide recruitment exercise which was organised by the Nigeria
Immigration Service, NIS, during which at least 19
applicants lost their lives and scores of others
were injured last Saturday.
The cancellation of the recruitment exercise is
coming on the heels of the widespread
condemnation that trailed the tragic incident.
The President hasbalso ordered the NIS to conduct of a fresh
recruitment exercise.
Labaran Maku, the Minister of Information who
revealed this after Wednesday’s weekly meeting of
the Federal Executive Council, also said President
Jonathan directed that the families of all those
who lost their loved one would be given three
slots automatically in a fresh recruitment exercise.
One of those to enjoy the automatic employment
must be a woman.
Also, Maku added that those who sustained
injuries and are currently hospitalised will be
given automatic employment in the new
recruitment exercise.
Maku revealed that a Committee headed by the
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission
with membership made up of the CG NIS,
representatives of the Inspector-General of Police
and the heads of the Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Coprs, Nigerian Prisons Service, State
Security Service and the Federal Road Safety
Commission will conduct the fresh recruitment
exercise into the Immigration Service.
The House of Representatives and the Senate had
on Tuesday also asked the President to sack the
Minister over the tragedy that followed the
recruitment exercise anchored by a consultancy
firm Drexel Technical Global Limited.
Over 700,000 applicants paid N1000 to access
the portal.