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@lalasticlala abeg nobody needs to tell u to FP this post. Government must surely pay them oooo...

I wonder what kind of government is this. How can u recruit able youths & sack them? What about the training the went through You don't want them to use it illegallay do you? Cuz i smell something realy BAD!!!

God will surely pay u back my fellow youths, keep the hope alive.

THE Convener of Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) and former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, on Saturday, said President Muhammadu Buhari didn’t deserve to be president, due to his lackadaisical attitude to the plight of the 2000 Nigeria Immigration Service recruits, who slept at the entrance of Aso Villa in Abuja from Friday till Saturday morning.
But the Presidency in its reaction challenged the former minister to run for presidency and take over from President Buhari.
We recall that NIS recruits were trained on weapons handling and dispersed on August 20, 2015 from their various camps, following a circular, which emanated from the NIS headquarters in Abuja, directing them to go on two weeks break. Since then, they have not been recalled to their respective camps.
Ezekwesili, while appealing to the protesters to maintain decorum, also challenged President Buhari to come out and publicly address the alleged illegal recruitment which has permeated his administration in the last couple of months, saying “that was not the change Nigerians voted for.”
According to her, “you are great Nigerians. So, you slept here, Oh my God! Inside this cold of Abuja. Somebody holds you a better explanation, and if President Muhammadu Buhari says he doesn’t know that you slept here since yesterday, it means he doesn’t deserve to be there.
“This government should not punish those who did not deserve to be punished. Nothing should be done secretly. This is not the change Nigerians voted for. President Buhari should come out and address the allegation of illegal recruitment going on in the civil service,” she added.
The protesting recruits displaying different placards.
She further alleged that the Federal Government was employing those who did not have knowledge, skills and required literacy through the backdoor into civil service without minding the consequence, while promising to join the recruits until their demands were acceded to by President Buhari.
Ezekwesili stated that the impunity Nigerians fought during the immediate past administration has resurfaced in the present administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
She frowned on the situation in which the underprivileged were being subjected to hardship before they could be employed into the civil service, pointing out that only the children of members of the National Assembly, Federal Executive Council and bigwigs in the country were gainfully employed, even without merit.
Also speaking, another convener, Mrs Aisha Yesufu said the immediate past administration deserved to be commended for redeeming its image by employing the recruits, wondering why President Buhari, who promised ‘change’ had subjected the youth who had undergone rigorous trainings, especially in weapons handling, to such humiliation.
Some of the other protesters, Godwin Ladi Mercy, Adeleye Adejoke, Salomi Yohanna and Usman Ugbede Yusuf, condemned government action, saying the Federal Government should not refer to the 2,000 youths as applicants, because they have been given provisional offer of appointments, NIS uniforms, identification cards and posted to various commands nationwide.
As of the time of filing this report, the protesters, who slept at the entrance of the Villa till Saturday, have vowed to remain there, until the president or any of his aides comes out to address them.
The protesting recruits who kept vigil close to the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
While reacting, the Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, advised Ezekwesili to form a political party to run for presidency if she felt Buhari was not doing well.
He told Sunday Tribune in Abuja that if she did so and won the election, Buhari would hand over to her.
Asked to react to Ezekwesili’s claims, Shehu said: “Did I hear you say that Madam Ezekwesili said President Muhammadu Buhari is not fit to be in that office?
“That is a political statement. What I will advise her to do is to come out of the shadow of the grieving Chibok parents, register a political party and go into the election against the APC and President Muhammadu Buhari.
“If she thinks she is a better person to be in that office, let her present herself to the Nigerian people in an election. She has the right to do so under our constitution.”
“The issue of democracy is that there is a right to vote and be voted for. If anybody thinks that they can do a better job than President Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria, let them go and run for the office to win election and take over.”

http://tribuneonlineng.com/nis2000-nigerians-didnt-vote-illegal-recruitment-ezekwesili-chides-buhari/

Even madam Oby Ezekwesilli is in solidarity with the #NigeriaImmigration2000. Justice must prevail, stiill at the gate of Aso Villa till we get back what belongs to us unconditionally.

The 2,000 Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruits dispersed in 2015 say they have written to President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking audience with him over the non-reversal of their dispersal order.

The spokesman for the group, Precious Iroakazi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the proposed meeting with Buhari was to know their fate.

According to him, we have gone to the right quarters to channel our grievances, including the National Assembly, but nothing has been done to reinstate them.

“We have written to President Buhari as aggrieved Nigerian youths and in our capacity as citizens over our unfair dispersal and suspension from NIS.

“It is on this premise that we seek audience and with the president and other stakeholders.

“If you recall, after the failed immigration recruitment of 2014, the Federal Government set up a Presidential Committee to assist in the recruitment of immigration officers of various cadres.

“After almost a year had passed, the committee was constituted and vacancies were re-advertised on Feb. 9, 2015, on the website of the Federal Civil Service Commission and in the media,’’ he said.

“The rigorous recruitment process started with a computer-based aptitude test in centres across Nigeria.

“The successful candidates were short-listed for an oral interview, physical examination and document verification in their states of origin.

“Successful candidates were offered appointments with regards to the principle of Federal Character.

“Then after, they were required to report to the various training schools in Ahoada, Orlu and Kano for documentation, collection of service numbers, posting letters and appointment letters.’’

Iroakazi said that the Assistant Superintendent II Officers were, however, not given appointment letters at the training schools but were issued with posting letters.

The letters, he said, indicated that their appointment letters would be sent in due course but surprisingly, the appointment letters had not been sent till date.

“On the Aug. 20, 2015, after three months of induction, these 2,000 officers were dispersed and sent home with vague reasons pending further directives.

“We want to restate that we are no longer civilians with blood, sweat and tears; we have been inducted into paramilitary life, with countless training on the handling of fire arms.

“And many more service secrets are at our disposal all these months.

“Do they expect us to go back to our previous lives as civilians with the knowledge and secrets they have given to us?

“Do they expect us to become delinquents, especially in this period of global security challenges and terrorism?

“Do they expect us to use what we have learnt against the country?

“If they expect these from us, we won’t succumb, instead, we shall reaffirm our patriotic spirit, and we shall incorporate all we have learnt into the growth of this country,’’ Iroakazi said.

“We got this job on merit. We do not want to be back in the dreary streets of unemployment that once threatened our life’s goals and ambitions.

“We are the future of this great nation. We hereby solicit your help to ensure the reversal of our dispersal order and the issuance of Appointment Letters to the 400 Assistant Superintendent II Officers.’’

He said that the reinstatement and integration of the 2,000 newly recruited officers into NIS with payment of all outstanding emoluments would be to the country’s benefit.

“Finally, we ask the government to have faith in our simple dreams; dreams that are no less characterised by the desire and zeal to labour for the betterment of Nigeria,’’ Iroakazi said. (NAN)

http://nigeriantimes.ng/news/dismissed-2015-immigration-recruits-insists-on-meeting-buhari/

Months after application, selection, and training of new immigration recruits, 2000 of them are still in a confused state in regards to their position in an ongoing recruitment crisis.

Documents obtained by Omojuwa.com correspondent revealed that 2000 of these new recruits are being dispersed by the Ministry of Interior on the basis of illegality. It is quite worrisome that the same ministry that facilitated the training of the new recruits in a swift and surprising move turned around to rule them illegal.

While majority of the affected recruits have taken to social media to show their grievances, the ministry reiterates its position by not making any move to address the situation.

Despite calling the new recruits illegal, exclusive documents obtained by Omojuwa.com clearly shows that they all underwent a proper screening/training exercise carried out by the immigration service under the ministry of interior. This present situation poses a huge question which no one is answering; “Where does the illegality come in?”

A dangerous trend is being set and of course will have it’s own negative effects.

Months back, there was a secret recruitment scandal that rocked the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Inland Revenue Services and Nigerian National Petroleum Company. These antecedents is fueling a suspicion that this latest development is as a result of a new recruitment racketeering plan as the ministry is yet to give a tenable reason for the laying off.

The hashtag #NigeriaImmigration2000 is already trending on Social Media Platforms demanding not only explanations to the ill-advised decision of the ministry of interior but also a reinstatement of the sent off recruits.

If truly the immigration service needs 25, 000 recruits to effective man our borders, this fact begs the question; “why then are we laying off 2000 recruits especially when they have gone through examinations and training?

The demand is clear cut and simple; FG should reverse the decision to disperse these 2000 trained immigration recruits. In a country that has a high population of unemployed youths, such decisions will have not just destructive but catastrophic effects on the nation.

http://omojuwa.com/2016/08/nigeriaimmigration2000-reinstate-us-expelled-recruits-cry-out-for-help/

Months after application, selection, and training of new immigration recruits, 2000 of them are still in a confused state in regards to their position in an ongoing recruitment crisis.

Documents obtained by Omojuwa.com correspondent revealed that 2000 of these new recruits are being dispersed by the Ministry of Interior on the basis of illegality. It is quite worrisome that the same ministry that facilitated the training of the new recruits in a swift and surprising move turned around to rule them illegal.

While majority of the affected recruits have taken to social media to show their grievances, the ministry reiterates its position by not making any move to address the situation.

Despite calling the new recruits illegal, exclusive documents obtained by Omojuwa.com clearly shows that they all underwent a proper screening/training exercise carried out by the immigration service under the ministry of interior. This present situation poses a huge question which no one is answering; “Where does the illegality come in?”

A dangerous trend is being set and of course will have it’s own negative effects.

Months back, there was a secret recruitment scandal that rocked the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Inland Revenue Services and Nigerian National Petroleum Company. These antecedents is fueling a suspicion that this latest development is as a result of a new recruitment racketeering plan as the ministry is yet to give a tenable reason for the laying off.

The hashtag #NigeriaImmigration2000 is already trending on Social Media Platforms demanding not only explanations to the ill-advised decision of the ministry of interior but also a reinstatement of the sent off recruits.

If truly the immigration service needs 25, 000 recruits to effective man our borders, this fact begs the question; “why then are we laying off 2000 recruits especially when they have gone through examinations and training?

The demand is clear cut and simple; FG should reverse the decision to disperse these 2000 trained immigration recruits. In a country that has a high population of unemployed youths, such decisions will have not just destructive but catastrophic effects on the nation.

http://omojuwa.com/2016/08/nigeriaimmigration2000-reinstate-us-expelled-recruits-cry-out-for-help/

Months after application, selection, and training of new immigration recruits, 2000 of them are still in a confused state in regards to their position in an ongoing recruitment crisis.

Documents obtained by Omojuwa.com correspondent revealed that 2000 of these new recruits are being dispersed by the Ministry of Interior on the basis of illegality. It is quite worrisome that the same ministry that facilitated the training of the new recruits in a swift and surprising move turned around to rule them illegal.

While majority of the affected recruits have taken to social media to show their grievances, the ministry reiterates its position by not making any move to address the situation.

Despite calling the new recruits illegal, exclusive documents obtained by Omojuwa.com clearly shows that they all underwent a proper screening/training exercise carried out by the immigration service under the ministry of interior. This present situation poses a huge question which no one is answering; “Where does the illegality come in?”

A dangerous trend is being set and of course will have it’s own negative effects.

Months back, there was a secret recruitment scandal that rocked the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Inland Revenue Services and Nigerian National Petroleum Company. These antecedents is fueling a suspicion that this latest development is as a result of a new recruitment racketeering plan as the ministry is yet to give a tenable reason for the laying off.

The hashtag #NigeriaImmigration2000 is already trending on Social Media Platforms demanding not only explanations to the ill-advised decision of the ministry of interior but also a reinstatement of the sent off recruits.

If truly the immigration service needs 25, 000 recruits to effective man our borders, this fact begs the question; “why then are we laying off 2000 recruits especially when they have gone through examinations and training?

The demand is clear cut and simple; FG should reverse the decision to disperse these 2000 trained immigration recruits. In a country that has a high population of unemployed youths, such decisions will have not just destructive but catastrophic effects on the nation.

http://omojuwa.com/2016/08/nigeriaimmigration2000-reinstate-us-expelled-recruits-cry-out-for-help/

You will do those vulnerable youths out there great humanitarian service if you assist in taking this matter up and bringing it to an adorable end, where everyone will laugh and heave a sumptuous relief. If you love the Nigerian youth and against any form of impunity against them, please share this gory story of blatant leadership impunity against Nigerian youths with everyone you know in order to create the awareness for our brothers and sisters whom these injustices are being meted out on. As youths, the time has come for us to talk about the many injustices against us by our leaders; we must take our destinies in our own hands; we must tell our government what we want and what they are doing wrongly against; we must have a peaceful say on how our affairs are directed in this country. The selfish wish of the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Board should not override the destinies of two thousand (2,000) Nigerian youths; we put them there through our collective will and we can call them to order through our joint actions too. It is these people today; who knows, it may be you tomorrow. #RecallBackOurYouthsIntoTheNIS

President Buhari should please reconsider his directives by recalling those affected candidates because how can you explain your intentions to these innocent young people, considering all they have been through (especially the risk involved in travelling all over Nigeria, the financial costs, the hazards and the near death experiences) that they were made to pass through since the month of February this year. After all, Nigerian youths were those involved in the recruitment no matter who conducted the exercise and no matter the intentions. Imagine the psychological trauma many of them will be passing through at the moment. Imagine what those who already told everyone about job; those who went to the podium in Churches and Mosques to share the testimonies and thanksgiving of their success etc. Now you are telling them the job is no longer available. Each time I think about it, I keep feeling sad because somebody somewhere is insensitive to the plight of innocent job seekers in the country. I cannot comprehend this blatant disregard for the dignity of these great minds and I cannot see any justification for this injustice and bias that is been perpetrated against our youths. The Questions are: 1. Why did they not put their house in order before allowing the recruitment exercise to take place? 2. Why did they deceive innocent youths by short- listing them for appointment and sending them on a mandatory 3 months induction into the service, allowing them to spend their monies, lose their petty jobs, went through harrowing experiences of death when they knew all along that the recruitment was a federal government scam? 3. Why impose an indefinite suspension without any directive to the affected persons on a recruitment process they were made to believe in and which was conducted by a legitimate government, we gave our mandate in 2011? 4. Why is President Buhari, who has promised to sustain and not invalidate any policy of the past administration that supports employment creation for the youths, not happy with the process as recently claimed by Abba Moro, when it is obvious to him that the process was put in place by President Goodluck Jonathan to employ Nigerians through a fair process? 5. Does this whole blame game by the ministry of interior, the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Board and the Nigeria Immigration Service as to who conducted what and who was not carried along in the process not constituting gruesome, callous and an outright disregard/ insensitivity to the sufferings and the pains of the affected persons who have been caught in these web of power tussle and leadership impunity/ failure? 6. Is this not a blatant disregard to the free flowing tears and sorrow of our youths and more insult to the fresh injuries of the 2014 Abba Moro-Youth- killing recruitment exercise? Definitely, some people calling themselves leaders in this country are not remorseful and sorry for the pains the youths of this country are going through and are hell bent on causing them more sorrows. I therefore call on every well meaning Nigerian out there to speak against this impunity against Nigerian youths {two thousands (2,000) of them). Do not to settle back and watch these youth suffer in silence without anybody to talk for them. I call on all our Governors, Senators, Honourable Representatives of the Nigerian people, Legal Aids Council, Civil Society Groups, Social Activists and Advocacy Groups, The Vibrant Nigerian Media, The National Association of Nigerian Students, The Nigerian Bar Association, The National Human Right Commission and many others who have not been mentioned to please help bring this issues to table with the government.

***Why is The President not Ratifying Appointments recently made into the Nigerian Immigration Service? In 2014, Abba Moro, the then minister of interior, killed several desperate Nigerian youths who were seeking employment (which has come to be known as a federal government job/recruitment scam) into the Nigeria Immigration Service. The said Abba Moro and his cohorts are still roaming Nigerian roads without being investigated. In order to correct the wrongs of the Abba Moro youth killing exercise, President Goodluck Jonathan set up a presidential committee to assist the Nigeria Immigration Service to conduct the recruitment and appoint qualified Nigerians into the service. Adverts were placed, applications were received and processed, summary statistics of these applications were published and invitations were forwarded to candidates who completed the applications to proceed for an aptitude test at various designated centres across Nigeria. Consequently, those passed the test were contacted to proceed to their states of origin to partake in a physical examination, document verification and oral interview. At the end, successful candidates were notified of their appointments into the Immigration Service and were asked to report at different Immigration training institutions, according to the category that is involved, for documentation and collection of appointment letters. Imagine the risk, cost and stress involved for all the candidates from the across the length and breadth of the country. Not minding however, the candidates reported and obeyed all instructions. In all, two thousands (2,000) Nigerian youths were appointed by the presidential committee: 900 for CONPASS – 03; 700 for CONPASS – 06 and 400 for CONPASS – 08 respectively. All the affected candidates were posted back to their various states of origin (with a posting letter to back it up) for a mandatory three (3) months induction programme. Without delay, the induction programme started and it was a nightmare and a torment on earth for these youths. It was only by God’s grace that many could pull through since they reported on June 1. This is because it was more of physical exercises and military drills. Classroom activities were also involved. There were injuries and illnesses and the immigration instructors were brutal and without mercy. Nevertheless, the appointed candidates were courageous, hoping there was succour at the end of it all. To cap it all up, these valiant, dauntless and gallant youths, who only wanted to serve their father land, were not provided with accommodation, nor transport allowances nor feeding allowances; all these expenses were out of their pockets. Still they bore these huge financial expenses and kept their hope alive. Similarly, accompanying the sacrifices made are those ones who already resigned their previous appointments from other establishments for this offer. Surprisingly however, President Buhari has suspended the recruitment exercise with the ultimate aim of a cancellation and has even suspended the Immigration boss David Parradang for allegedly conducting illegal recruitment into the service. I am sure it baffles you too because the said recruitment he (Buhari, through the ministry of interior and the CDFIPB) is crying over was the one that was conducted by the presidential committee, which was set up by the former president Goodluck Jonathan and the appointment letters they alleged he (David Parradang) issued were those ones issued to the successful candidates (CONPASS 03 - 900) and (CONPASS 06 - 700) respectively as those on CONPASS 08 were not issued appointed letters at their documentation centre in Kano State.

Any idea on Gombe venue?

Pankshin is a local government in Plateau state.

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday denied reports making the rounds that it had secretly carried out recruitment into vacant positions in the Service.

The Service Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Ekpedeme King who made this denial in a statement also said the report that the NIS will commence recruitment of 5,000 staff in March 2016 was not true.

"At no time did I say that the NIS would recruit 5, 000 staff in March 2016 during my discussions," he said. "It has become very important to state this fact to prevent any anxiety amongst interested persons or provide a window for fraudsters to dupe gullible unemployed Nigerians."

Ekpedeme said the success of the Nigerian Military in reclaiming all parts of the North East of Nigeria from the insurgents led to the directive that the paramilitary agencies have administrative presence in those areas in order to ensure that the insurgents stay off.

"Consequently, the NIS like other agencies in acknowledgment that it had lost some men to the insurgency, while some had retired from Service, yet others have been promoted to ranks that had necessitated that their schedule of duties change within the last few years, forwarded a request to Government for special consideration for replacement of the number that were involved in order to meet up with the manpower needed for this mandate just like others did.

"This request was considered and graciously approved by Government and all necessary waivers made to enable the NIS urgently replace these positions with qualified and fit persons for the demanding task," according to the NIS spokesman.

He however noted that notwithstanding the approval, the replacement has not taken place yet, let alone payment of January salary to them as alleged.

While challenging any person who has any contrary view or fact to present the letter of appointment of any such recruit or/and evidence of payment of January 2016 salary, Ekpedeme emphasized that the replacement is not part of the 5, 000 vacancies that was approved by the Head of Service of the Federation in 2012 which is still pending.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/immigration-service-denies-secret-recruitment-reports/132699.html?platform=hootsuite#RH7Fwl3ouKS6yX1s.99

Emmysteve:
They should wait for PDP to take over in 2019

you must be stupid

So now what will happen to the 2000 recruits that are suspended last year

Cc: lalastclala

Weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the suspension of all activities related to the recent recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), most of the affected personnel are yet to know their fate.
Sequel to this directive, the NIS headquarters has instructed state commands and heads of training institutes to recall all newly recruited persons sent for training at the Immigration Service Training Schools at Orlu, Kano and Ohoada.
As a result of the suspended employment exercise, the future of about 5,000 Nigerians, including candidates of families that lost their loved ones in the botched 2014 recruitment exercise, now hangs in the balance.
It would be recalled that following the tragedy that trailed the 2014 recruitment exercise where more than a dozen job seekers lost their lives, the then president Goodluck Jonathan constituted a Presidential Committee on Immigration Recruitment on March 26, 2014, to carry out a fresh exercise.
However, the new administration of Buhari says that due process was not followed in the employment exercise and, as a result, called it off.
Now, forty-five relatives of 15 applicants who lost their lives in the 2014 recruitment exercise are calling on the Service to, not only pay their seven months’ salary arrears, but also allow them undertake their training exercise.
The forty-five persons got automatic employment - three from the family of each deceased applicant - into the NIS, following the death of their relatives during the 2014 ill-fated employment exercise.
However, seven months after their employment letters were given to them, the people have not been posted, inducted or paid any money.
A group consisting of the affected people, known as the members of the Immigration Service recruitment deceased family, told Daily Trust  on Sunday that the NIS sidelined them and went ahead to conduct another recruitment exercise without making any provision for them.
The leader of the group, Ibanga Edidiong Ezekiel, said: “45 of us got automatic employment after President Goodluck Jonathan set up a presidential committee to look into the matter and compensate three members of each family that lost an applicant in the recruitment exercise.”
Ibanga, who lost his wife during the recruitment exercise, said that they got their employment letters in March 2015 and carried out their documentation process at the Ministry of Interior.
“After the documentation, they [NIS] asked us to go home that they would soon contact us to send us for either induction in the state commands or training exercise.
“But three months after receiving our appointment letters, the then Comptroller-General of Immigration, David Paradang, recruited some people and bypassed us and sent them to different states’ command to resume work.”
Daily Trust on Sunday’s findings revealed that those employed by the immediate past Comptroller-General were not given any employment letter as the Board of Prisons, Immigration, Civil Defence and the Fire Service refused to approve their appointments. Nevertheless, the NIS issued them posting letters to state commands four months ago.
They were mobilised for training while the candidates who got the automatic employment were left unattended to for seven months.
One of the affected persons, Benjamin Sunday, who lost his younger sister in the 2014 botched exercise, said: “We are suspecting  foul play somewhere because when the other set went for induction, we should have been called as well to join them.
“When we went to our respective states, the state commands of NIS directed us to the headquarters in Abuja and when we got to Abuja, they asked us to hold on. It is seven months now and we have not heard anything until we got the news of the suspension of the recruitment exercise.”
A source at the NIS headquarters confided in our reporter that there was actually something fishy because there was no explanation for the omission of the candidates of the deceased family from training.
“If you go to the admin, you will find out that the files of those who got the automatic employment are put on top, followed by those that got injured before the others who were successful from the proper recruitment process,” the source said.
It is unclear if the recently recruited personnel have started receiving salaries or not before the suspension of their employment as officials refused to speak on the issue.
Another twist to the issue is that the relatives of the dead applicants who got the automatic slots are insisting that they are excluded from the list of those whose appointments were suspended.
Ibanga said: “The president cannot suspend our employment. Our situation is different. Ours was a means of palliative following the death of our loved ones. Our findings revealed that someone somewhere is not happy we got the job.”
The Public Relations Officer of the NIS, Ekpedeme King, declined to speak when contacted for comments.
He told Daily Trust on Sunday that he was not in the position to speak on the issue, adding: “It [the question] is beyond me. Anything you want can be found out from the ministry [of interior] or the board. If you ask me any question on Immigration matter that I am authorised to talk about, but not this one.”
When contacted, the Director of Press, Ministry of Interior, Yusuf Isiaka Alhaji, said the directive was for the recruitment process to be stopped, adding that he was not aware of the exclusion of any group.
When asked if the ministry will pay the salary arrears of the sacked personnel, he said: “I am not aware of the exclusion of any group. I don’t know if anyone is owed salary arrears or not”
For now, he says that the NIS is waiting “for further directives.”

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/immigration-tragedy-relatives-of-the-dead-seek-7-month-salary-arrears-posting/112472.html

SIR: I am writing not as a person who sees you as role model and whose future is being threatened. Your emergence as President filled me with hope that excellence, hard work and persistence brings success. As a young citizen seeking gainful employment, I went through many bitter experiences. I was tempered by some very difficult times around. Shifting political conditions and economic turmoil also combined to heighten the challenges I  faced as well as other unemployed  young people in the country. I was almost giving up but the lesson I learnt from your doggedness and never-say-die attitude gave me the courage and enthusiasm to fight on.  I followed your blueprints and I got employed into the Nigeria Immigration Service, and you, the great man that inspired me, became president. I was glad that nobody played dirty politics by faulting the election process that brought you in or by challenging your victory with a lawsuit. The same cannot be said about the recruitment process that got me and 1999 others the immigration job.

I have been patiently watching events as they unfold, particularly the refusal of the Immigration Board to issue appointment letters to the Assistant Superintendent- 2 officers, the suspension and replacement of the Comptroller General and our subsequent dispersal pending further directives. Though, I have been silently praying and hoping for your timely intervention as I believed you will pull us out of this quagmire, recent newspaper publications calling our recruitment illegal has made me realise that it is high time our voice is heard before power-drunken men with their shenanigans play political chess with the life and future of 2000 officers. This is the awaited moment when our long suppressed voice needs to find utterance. This is why I am writing this piece.

We have been taken as pawns in this political crossfire as people are trying to justify their misdeeds and come clean at the expense of innocent youths. Why are people using the word “illegal to describe our recruitment?

Why did these people not come out and inform the innocent youths that the Presidential Committee set up to assist in the recruitment process was illegal when the vacancies were advertised? Why did they allow the youths to apply and why did they wait till this moment before they use the word “illegal” to describe it? We need answers and explanations from the people involved. These set of people were alive when the candidates risked their life to travel to the designated centres nationwide to write the Computer-Based Aptitude Test. The candidates went to their various states of origin for document verification, physical examination and oral interview. We travelled to different training schools across the nation for documentation and collection of appointment letters, some were robbed, some had accidents during the course of their journey. Besides, some quit their better paying jobs for the chance to make a difference by serving their fatherland.

Apart from this, we went through three months of induction training. During this period we were subjected to intense training and extreme weather conditions. We toiled in the mid-day sun with sweats on our brows, our cloths soiled with dirt like gladiators in the arena.

We are no longer civilians, we were taught the ethics of paramilitary men, how to handle and use fire-arms and many more service secrets. We were all eager to go to our training schools to learn more with a view to contributing to the service and the nation at large before we were asked to go home till further notice.

It is therefore saddening to see that despite our struggles and training, some individuals are trying to cancel our recruitment by fielding half truths to the public.

It is obvious that these corrupt individuals are aggrieved by the fact that the normal slot sharing practices was not allowed. It hurts them to see that that process was open, free, fair and credible. Because of their selfish interests they want to see our appointments terminated not minding that the action might lead to the destruction of 2000 lives.

Dear President, we do not want to go back home. We do not want to be sent back to the dreary street that once threatened our life goals, ambitions and dreams. Our service uniform has been a constant reminder of our dedication to relentlessly serve Nigeria and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity with pride and passion. Sir, we want to resume work as soon as possible. We won’t let you down; we won’t let Nigeria down. Please don’t let us down.

Kayode Adeola
Old Ife Road,

Ibadan.

http://thenationonlineng.net/nis-recruitment-plea-to-pmb/

Oh God let this be my 2nd FP

Cc: Lalasticlala

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the Secretary to the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prison Service Board, Mr. Sylvanus Tapgun, in continuation of its probe of the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment scandal.

Tapgun is expected to explain how N212million voted for  the ill-fated job test ‘disappeared.’

It was also learnt that the immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Mr. David Parradang, might return for a another round of grilling within a fortnight.

He was granted an administrative.

Tapgun is expected to appear before the commission to testify how the Ministry of Interior arrived at the job test, the choice of a company, Drexel Technical Nigeria Limited, the management of the funds voted for the interview and the actual amount released.

A source said: “We have invited Tapgun for an interaction. He is expected to meet with our team before the week runs out.

“Preliminary findings confirmed that N212million, out of N650million fees, was voted for the March 2014 recruitment test for immigration officers but N45million was actually released.

“In essence, about N167million meant for logistics on the test day could not be accounted for by anyone or group. We are interested in what the N45million was used for.

“We are inviting the secretary of the board to explain the role of the statutory body in the failed recruitment.

“The board is legally empowered to conduct the recruitment into the service. We want to ascertain the extent of the involvement of the board.”

The source added: “Parradang has been granted an administrative bail on personal recognition. We have left his travelling documents intact with him because investigation is yet to reach a level of restriction.

“But Parradang will be invited again to clarify some findings based on our pending quizzing of Tapgun and others already short-listed.

“Parradang claimed that no money was given to the NIS to conduct the aptitude test. There are so many gaps to fill.

“No one can trace the account the N650 million was paid into, let alone the budget for the D-Day.”

While appearing before the then Senator Atiku Bagudu-led Senate Committee on Interior, Tapgun admitted that the consultant released N45 million out of N212 million requested by the board for the logistics of the interview.

Tapgun said Drexel Technical Nigeria Limited – the consultant who anchored the exercise on behalf of the ministry— provided only the N45 million as “discretionary contribution” for the screening

He admitted that the development created “serious logistics problems on the day of the exercise”


http://thenationonlineng.net/immigration-jobs-tragedy-efcc-invites-board-secretary/

dukeolumde:
So we have all these departments/agencies in Nigeria and we are still not organised

They are departments within the NSA's office

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Mongonu (retd), has sacked all the 12 directors in his office.
 
The NSA inherited the directors from his predecessor, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) who is currently facing charges of illegal possession of arms.
 
The directors were some retired senior military officers and others who were seconded from various government agencies
 
They were handed the letters relieving them of their services in the NSA’s office before he travelled with President Muhammadu Buhari to France on Monday
 
Informed security sources disclosed to the Tribune Online that General Monguno had, last week Thursday, held a brief meeting with all the directors where he informed them of a lot of things going wrong in his office
 
According to the source, the issue of allowances and welfare of junior staff were not taken serious by the directors as they allegedly did not care how the personnel were faring.
 
He consequently directed them to prepare their handover notes within one week and hand over to their next in rank.
 
The NSA further directed those deployed from other agencies and are still in service to return to their formations.
 
The directors of the various departments sacked are; Departments of Internal Security, Defence Affairs, Communication, Economic Intelligence, Special Duties and Counter-terrorism Centre.
 
Others are Departments of Lawful Interception, Behavioural Analysis, Policy and Strategy, External Security, Administration and Finance and Presidential Communication Command and Control Centre

http://tribuneonlineng.com/node/16986

You are right @OP!!! I am an introvert & I love my life. You can either take me the way I am or LET ME BE!!!.

owoyemi100:
I learn some have received. Sms after this suspension to commence training.

Where did u get this info please?

This is the same old news we recieved on 20/08/2015 via a circular from NIS HQ. It is just made public to you guys by Vanguard newspaper. There is nothing new about it. It is just SUSPENDED but not CANCELLED!!!!!

The source said Paradang’s problem was traceable to the order given by former President Goodluck Jonathan for the employment of personnel into the NIS after the failed attempt to conduct examination into the Service on March 15, 2014
Suspended Controller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Dr. David Paradang, has been described as a victim of dirty politics by the Civil Defence, Fire Immigration and Prisons Services Board.
A source in the NIS who spoke on condition of anonymity said Paradang did not commit any offence to warrant his suspension.
The Immigration boss was suspended for allegedly employing 1,600 personnel for the Service without following due process.
He was also accused of insubordination for not reversing the employment after his attention was called to the alleged anomaly.
But the source within the NIS absolved Paradang of any blame in the “faulty process” of employing the 1,600 personnel for the Service.
The source said Paradang’s problem was traceable to the order given by former President Goodluck Jonathan for the employment of personnel into the NIS after the failed attempt to conduct examination into the Service on March 15, 2014.
During that exercise, supervised by a former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, no fewer than 20 persons died.
Following that development, Jonathan set up a Presidential Committee to work with the CDFIPB for the compensation of families of the bereaved, who were promised automatic employment for three family members each, one of who must be a female.
The Committee was saddled with the task of identifying the injured and offer them appointments.
The source added: “The then President was presented with authentic next of kin of the deceased who all got a golden handshake of N5 million each and the promised automatic employment.
“The identified injured were accommodated.
“Now, other unemployed youths were now made to face the JAMB computer-based employment interview at centres across the country with a view to creating a level playing ground and equal opportunity for all candidates.
“At the close of the exercise, the Committee began issuing letters of appointments to successful candidates, beginning with non-graduates who fell within the authority of the CGI.
“For the graduates, the list were sent to the CDFIPB to issue their letters.
“Members of the Board refused to issue the letters on the grounds that the Presidential Committee did not only usurp its powers, but also failed to carry them along.”
The source said as soon as President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated, the report on the exercise was forwarded to him for consideration due largely to its controversial nature.
The source said it was not possible for Paradang, based on the allegation of insubordination in his suspension letter, to have cancelled an exercise that was authorised by an outgoing president.
The source said after the report was forwarded to President Buhari for consideration, “everyone should have waited for Mr. President’s directives on the issue.
“That was what the CGI and members of the Committee felt was appropriate in the circumstances they found themselves.”
The source added: “Now on legal issues: Before 1985/86, the Nigeria Immigration Service together with its Customs and Prisons Services counterparts were run as purely Civil Service outfits and issues bordering on employment/recruitment, promotions were carried out by the Civil Service Commission.
“The present Customs Immigration and Prisons Services Board took over the responsibilities of the Civil Service Commission. In 1992, the three Services were granted paramilitary status and formally excised from the main stream Civil Service for the main reasons that they bear arms, wear uniforms and were regimented.
“The Immigration and Prisons Services Act, Cap. I1 LFN, 2004 (as amended) guided its functions. This Act spelt out membership powers and functions of the Board, which suffered greatly under Comrade Abba Morro as Hon. Minister who, because of his political connections, undermined it by either sidelining it or ignoring it altogether.
“It was largely this attitude of his that led to the calamity of 15th March, 2015. His actions were illegal in all its ramifications inasmuch as it sidelined the Board.
“The Presidential Committee too is a nullity in law because it sought to carry out/on a function already assigned to a body without first amending the Act, especially Section 4, which expressly vested the power to make appointment into the Services.
“The same Act like, its Civil Service counterpart, delegated the responsibility of recruitment of levels 01-07 on the CGI.
“So the 1,600 officers, which the query of the Permanent Secretary was alluding to, to a great extent, is the prerogative of the CGI.
“Those of levels 08 and above is the exclusive preserve of the Board and was not in contention here.
“But we must realize that the creation of the Presidential Committee, of which the CGI was neither its Chairman nor Secretary, was that of the former President who, due to political pressure, failed to fire Abba Morro and to bar him from interfering in future employment exercises, created the illegal Committee to assist the Board, of which he was chairman.
“The million dollar question is: how can the CGI be held responsible for either the action of the former President or that a Committee of which he is a floor member?
“The demand of the Permanent Secretary on the CGI to cancel the appointments could not be carried out by him for the fact that it was not a unilateral action and the matter has been placed before Mr. President for further directives.
“Now the true grouse of the Board (i.e. CDFIPB) has to do with issues of irregularities, nepotism and favouritism in connection with promotion exercises. The Board, especially under Abba Morro, corrupted the entire exercise, whereby only the highly connected or highest bidders got promoted.
“The corruption was extended to officers serving as Immigration Attachés in foreign missions abroad. Board members fall over themselves to travel to these missions to conduct promotions interviews because of estacode and bribes in hard currency.
“The Board members concocted a theory that since all Immigration Attachés abroad, who are on special allowances, while their salaries are still running at home, have the children attending special schools at government’s expense and living freely on government, they also should not be suffering. The Board members that are supposed to be impartial on issues bordering on promotion are known to have candidates or favourites for promotion.
“The present CGI refused vehemently to partake in this jamboree/bazaar, which drew the ire of most members. The recent sacrilege that’s generated some restiveness in the NIS is the accordance of so-called SPECIAL PROMOTION to over 30 officers without any recommendations from the NIS. The CGI’s opposition to all these anomalies is the reason behind the desperation of the Board.
“The NIS today faces a high rate of indiscipline borne out of very desperate junior officers who take advantage of the corrupt Board to circumvent due process by bribing their way through and at times smuggling fake degree certificates/credentials to get promotion. This sorry state of affairs to all right thinking individuals is dangerous for a uniform paramilitary agency under arm.
“The wind of change blowing across thee country as enunciated by the current administration should visit the NIS to not only audit the officers but probe the activities of the Board.”
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Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.theeagleonline.com.ng as the source.

Malcolmx12:
www.thisdaylive.com/articles/how-parradang-was-consumed-by-politics-of-employment/218312/


read to satisfy your curiosity.... its been canceled.

Can you read english at all? MUMU