Sunday, 6 April 2014

NIS recruitment: Please, forgive me, Abba Moro begs Nigerians

‘I accept full responsibility
ABUJA — Embattled Minister of Interior, Abba Moro,
has taken full responsibility for the recent ill-fated
recruitment into Nigeria Immigration Service which
claimed 16 lives and begged for forgiveness from
Nigerians, especially affected families.
Moro, who made the appeal at a media briefing,
weekend, said his intention was genuine but
lamented that the exercise turned tragic.
“I think that I will ordinarily ask Nigerians for
understanding in this matter, understanding the
intention, understanding the motive behind the
whole thing of an open, transparent recruitment
exercise.
“That is the first of its kind into the services of
Interior Ministry that was intended primarily to give
employment to Nigerians, irrespective of their
backgrounds, connections, contacts in government
or the business circle,” he said.
Moro said the exercise was intended to correct all
the ills of the past and give everybody an open
opportunity to get employment.
He added: “For me, it is a personal loss because
the exercise, in the first place, took place within the
Ministry of Interior, organised by the Ministry and
its services and so whatever consequences,
positive or negative, that have come and in this
instance, negative, I, as the Minister of that Ministry,
under whose purview this exercise took place,
where people lost their lives, certainly take full
responsibility.
“I want to say repeatedly that the death of these
young Nigerians who would have added value to
human resource asset of this nation is highly
regrettable. And for the families, I insist that my
heart goes out to them because I am a father too.”
Moro insisted that he did not have any
disagreement with either the board or the
Immigration Services’ official over the recruitment.

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