The
Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, has admitted responsibility
for the death of about 16 persons during the Nigerian Immigration
Service (NIS) recruitment exercise held on March 15.
The
minister made the admission yesterday while appearing at the opening of
a two-day public hearing held by the Senate Committee on Interior on
the exercise.
“As the Minister of Interior, under whose purview this unfortunate exercise took place, I cannot abdicate my responsibility,” he said. “The buck stops at my table.”
He expressed regret that a well-intended exercise ended in tragedy.
Meanwhile
the Comptroller General of the NIS, Mr. David Parradang, absolved
himself of any wrong doing, stating that the minister took the decision
on the recruitment exercise unilaterally.
Mr. Paradang, explained that he was not even aware of the aptitude test until a meeting of the board held in January.
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