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Nigeria Immigration Saga: Immigration Gets Recruits Despite Embargo by PaulErungworo: 9:16am On Mar 16, 2016 |
Immigration gets recruits
despite embargo
By Murtala Muhammed | 16 March 2016
| 3:39 am
• 500 fresh cadets undergo training in
Kano
• My Rep helped me, says trainee
Despite the embargo placed by the
Federal Government on recruitment
into the Nigeria Immigration Service
(NIS), the agency may have
commenced a secret exercise to recruit
hundreds of applicants allegedly
sponsored by politicians.
The embargo followed the failed 2014
recruitment exercise during which
about 20 applicants died due to
suffocation and stampede caused by
flawed crowd control mechanism
across many centres in the country.
The national uproar generated by the
incident is part of the reason the then
Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, is
facing criminal allegations for which
he has been remanded in prison.
The former minister is essentially
standing trial in a case instituted by
the Economic and Financial Crime
Commission (EFCC) on allegations of
defrauding 676,675 applicants the sum
of N676,675,000 being the summation
of the N1000 paid by each applicant
that participated in the recruitment
exercise.
Since the unfortunate incident and
following government directive,
neither the NIS nor the Interior
Ministry has announced any fresh
recruitment exercise, thereby raising
suspicion about the on-going exercise
at the Immigration Training School in
Kano. About 500 applicants suspected
to have been recruited secretly by
Nigeria Immigration Service for cadet
cadre are currently undergoing
training at the NIS school in Kano, The
Guardian learnt.
It was gathered that the recruited
cadets started training at the
Immigration school on March 7, 2016
after their deployment from the
agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
Observation at the NIS training school
in Kano shows men and women of
between 30 and 35 age bracket
undergoing regimental exercise. The
cadet’s population may have
overstretched the capacity of the
training school’s hostels as some of the
classrooms were converted to
temporary hostels to solve the problem
of accommodation.
A source at the training school told
The Guardian that the secretly
shortlisted applicants were products of
strong political interest in the country.
“Honestly, this particular recruitment
is strange to us here because we just
received the applicants from Abuja for
training, nobody is aware how and
when the applicants applied for the
job. Ordinarily, recruitment exercise
in the immigration service and even
in all Federal Government agencies
are made public. You will see vacancy
in the dailies to enable every
interested person to apply, but this
particular exercise is unique,” the
source said.
One of the cadets at the training
school, who hails from South West
region, confirmed that his being
shortlisted was facilitated by a
member representing his constituency
in the House of Representatives. He
said: “ I was shortlisted by the special
grace of God, and the support of our
honorable in Abuja for this
opportunity. We were told to report to
Kano training school on March 7 for
the exercise before they will later post
us to various states. That was what
they told us.”
The Guardian learnt that the training
exercise would last three months for
those with National Diploma while
applicants with Higher National
Diploma as well as those with degrees
would remain for the regimental
exercise for six months.
Contacted, the Public Relations Officer
of the school, a Chief Superintendent
of Immigration, Mrs. Amina Nqua
Habiba Aliyu, denied knowledge of
any fresh recruitment into the service.
She maintained that the school is only
mandated to receive applicants for
training but would not be responsible
for explanation on the category of
their recruitment exercise.
Amina, who said she was only aware
of the Federal Government’s approved
recruitment of 5,000 fresh cadets into
the system, however, noted that the
directive had not been executed.
On whether those who are presently
undergoing training were recruited
secretly or on special consideration,
the spokesperson declined further
comments, referring the reporter to
the Immigration headquarters for
more clarifications. |
Re: Nigeria Immigration Saga: Immigration Gets Recruits Despite Embargo by PaulErungworo: 9:25am On Mar 16, 2016 |
Where is this country heading to? This is the second secret recruitment exercise by NIS. The board incharge of recruitment need to be dissolve by the FG. I believe that this is a very serious govt and will not tolerate saboteurs of recruitment. Mr. President must put an end to this shady exercise. Let those that were recruited by the most transparent exercise be reinstated. You can read more about them on twitter #NigeriaImmigration2000. I have been following theit story and believe these guys are the best brains to be employed by any Federal establishment. 2 Likes |
Re: Nigeria Immigration Saga: Immigration Gets Recruits Despite Embargo by fayne(m): 11:35am On Mar 16, 2016 |
this our country matter no be here ooooo. seems like this month in particular is a period of secret recruitment and appointments to the families of the political bigots that have drained this rich and blessed country of ours of its juicy endowment. all man go die one day sha, and it shall be all man for himself starting from the grave yard to judgement place. 1 Like |
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