Fresh fact emerged on Monday that the senate leadership may not provide any platform for the consideration of the investigation conducted by its Committee on Interior over the ill-fated recruitment into the Nigerian Immigration Service, on March 15, this year.

Our correspondent noted that the report, which was submitted by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, over two months ago, was not listed for consideration until the red chamber proceeded on its annual recess, which will end in September.

The development, according to further investigations, is currently fueling suspicion and fears among the general public that the report may eventually be thrown into the dust bin.

It will be recalled that the Senate had on March 18, this year, directed its Committee on Interior, to carry out a comprehensive probe into the circumstances that led to the recruitment tragedy which claimed 18 lives of job seekers at various recruitment centres and left several others injured.

The report of the Bagudu-led committee was submitted to the Senate some weeks behind schedule in May.

Further investigations carried out by our correspondent on the cause of the delay in the consideration of the report revealed that the report might not be considered at all because it was a verbatim report without the executive summary which should have contained recommendations.

It was also gathered that the committee allegedly took into consideration, the fact that the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, who spearheaded the tragic exercise, is believed to be the political godson of the Senate President, David Mark.

Despite the assurance by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang, two weeks ago that all outstanding reports before the upper chamber would be considered before the expiration of the Seventh Senate, some of his colleagues doubted the possibility of his claim.

A senator, who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue, argued that the report might not be considered by the Senate in September, because of the alleged closeness of the minister to the Senate President.

The senator maintained that such report would not be considered because it was likely to have implicated Moro based on the media report on the public hearing conducted by the committee that indicted the minister.

He said, “The Senate President who many believed influenced the appointment of Abba Moro as a minister in 2011, cannot do anything to hurt his political godson. Nothing can come out of the report because the minister involved is widely known to be like a political son to the Senate President apart from the fact that the duo are from the same ethnic group in Benue State.”

The senator added that based on information at his disposal, some of the committee members did not see the report before it was submitted to the Senate.

A member of the committee, who also pleaded anonymity, corroborated the claim of the senator.

However, the Chairman of the Committee, Bagudu, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Monday, said no member of the committee could claim that he didn’t see the report before it was submitted to the Senate.

He said, “As far as I am concerned, every member of the committee made inputs into the report at the compilation stage as regards findings made about the recruitment tragedy and even contributed to the recommendations arrived at, at the end of the day.”

He added that since his committee had done its job, it was left for the appropriate committee to present it on the floor of the Senate for consideration and approval.

It will be recalled that the immigration recruitment tragedy of March this year occurred when the Ministry of Interior attempted to recruit about 5,000 young Nigerians into the NIS.

The Comptroller General of the NIS, David Paradang, had told the committee members during the public hearing that Moro did not carry him along in the ill-fated exercise.
http://www.punchng.com/news/senate-dumps-nis-tragedy-probe-report/

Hmmmmm so APC have finally swept this report under the carpet, wow "There is a very terrible country" hm wetin I dey talk self........ No it should be "There's a country on time bomb" hm hm clears throat.......... I no go talk say first to comment, but r.I.p to those guys that died for nothing....o ma se ooo

Lmao....Naija people go suffer tire! Suffer suffer for world....

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Politriks

Any attempted attempt by any individual to drop the report in order to protect an highly placed individual will be reciprocated by tragedy in their respective homes

In Nigeria your vote don't count , it is only in Nigeria you know the president before voting naija una too much

last okuta: always keep 1 hundred

Any attempted attempt by any individual to drop the report in order to protect an highly placed individual will be reciprocated by incurable lunacy their respective homes

Impunity of the highest order. Everything just seem not to be right with this country

only in nigeria

Political grandson my foot! Reason why corruption has taken over all aspects. Political godfathers hiding the sins of godsons
When i read the article some months back,i just knew it would take an outstanding miracle for the people involved to get accounted for. Money has prolly passed through hands...
Moreover,it would entail exposing certain people in the process.
Imagine! Not even in consideration after so long! Just because their kids do not need to fight for jobs,or get stampeded upon. Some peeps are so fvked up!

ideycraze: Any attempted attempt by any individual to drop the report in order to protect an highly placed individual will be reciprocated by tragedy in their respective homes

Amen

Honestly i never expected anything to come out of any of this committees even where there is International pressure nothing comes out na dis one!!!!!..... RIP to the Departed

GentleMimi: Political grandson my foot. Money has passed through hands...
When i read the article some months back,i just knew it would take an outstanding miracle for the money to get accounted for. That money is HUGE and those thieving politicians are insatiable.

The same thing happening over and over again...when billions of naira is involved the reports never gets anywhere....we are doomed in this country

Ebele is a very dangerous disease, that if not tackle in time will transform into EBOLA .

It was also gathered that the committee allegedly took into
consideration, the fact that the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba
Moro, who spearheaded the tragic exercise, is believed to be
the political godson of the Senate President, David Mark.

This is the relevant part ãпԃ summary φf tђε̲̣̣̣̥ whole thing even it the senate sit Fø̲̣̣я tђε̲̣̣̣̥ next 20 years nothing will be done about tђε̲̣̣̣̥ report. Tђε̲̣̣̣̥ committee as usual has wasted their time ãпԃ our money.

PDP Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Nigerian politics..brb.

Is that Abba Moro palaver
The report has been dead on arrival

"It was also gathered that the committee allegedly took into consideration, the fact that the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, who spearheaded the tragic exercise, is believed to be the political godson of the Senate President, David Mark."
The Report has been thrown out of the SINATE floor since as Tribunal threw out Ngige suit against Obiano

That's the story of naija.

Chai! Chai!! ...........

What do you expect when mark's wife was named as part of those that ate the 1k(amounting to N6billion) that applicants paid??

When Mark is busy marking time. If care is not taken,those legislooters will abandon the report for a mere petrodollar

Anybody who expects anything other than what OP is saying should wake up from his slumber. Welcome to Nigeria.

Today they are in charge but one day history shall be in charge and will definitely hand out its judgement without bias.

is a pity that nothing will be done. in Nigeria if u want any case of national discuss to die and not be considered at all just set up a committee. when I look back and remember several committees and set up in the past to investigate issues of national interest and importance and there various reports are thrown under the ties.( not carpet because carpet can easily be opened) All the recommendations are never acted upon. My advice to all Nigerians in all u do NEVER ALLOW YOURSELF TO GO DOWN. nobody will speak for u

These people are taking Nigerians for morons.
Wait,
They are actually morons.

Make I brush my teeth first