Over 2 million jobless Nigerian youths submitted the online application for recruitment into the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in 2013. What they did not realize was that they had rather applied for what I now label as THE EPITOME OF ABSURDITY.
All of them including Msc. Degree holders and Phd. Holders
got an e-mail informing them of the exam on Wednesday 12th, just
three days in between- the genesis of the absurdity. The information stated
clearly that sporting exercise will start by 7 a.m. while the written test will
start by 4 p.m. in stadiums across the country.
But behold there was no serious arrangement on ground for
the exam at the various venues on the D-day. And guess what- it all ended so
absurdly. Stampede, tragedy, pain, blood, tears and sorrow were the order of the day.
Rather than for the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, to
apologize for the mess he created and also to commiserate with families who
lost loved ones, he said the total of 19 dead applicants lost their lives due
to impatience; they did not follow the laid down procedures spelt out to them
before the exercise. He added that it was only 520,000 people who applied as
against the 2.3 million people that was earlier reported. Whereas only 4,556
would be recruited, he further revealed. This is indeed the epitome of absurdity as far
as I am concerned.
I feel really sorry for you my fellow Nigerians and
especially my people in O-A-A Community who this incidence is directly concerned. May
God almighty deliver our country from saboteurs who call themselves leaders.
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