NIS TRAGEDY: I take responsibility for the tragic death of 16 job applicants - Abba Moro

The Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro Thursday claimed responsibility of the tragic death of about 16 applicants including four pregnant women that died in the recent recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.


The Minister who said he was still pained and saddened by the circumstances surrounding the loss of lives in the recruitment exercise during the public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Interior also stated that



But the Comptroller General of Immigration, CGI, David Paradang said that the service which by law was supposed to handle recruitment exercise was completely ignored.

A member of the Board of Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prison Services, Mustapha Zakariya alleged that the signature in the agreement where the Interior Ministry and the Board agreed to engage the services of the Consultant, Drezel Technology Nigeria Ltd was forged.

The Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Parradang told the committee that the service that ordinarily conducts the recruitment exercise was sidelined and that when the decision was taken to conduct the exercise, he was not carried along.