Immigration job catastrophe

Immigration job catastrophe in Naija 

Over 125,000 applicants in Abuja and Lagos alone chasing 4,500 jobs! 16 feared dead in the scramble. Thousands fainted from stampede and exhaustion. Many more applicants thronged  the remaining 35 states of the federation.

These casualty figures from the recruitment test centres of the National Immigration Service (NIS), held across the country, yesterday, told the story of Nigeria’s frightening unemployment situation.

In  Lagos and Abuja alone, 56,000 and 69,000 applicants respectively sat for the job test.

Thousands of others took the exercise in other state capitals.

NIS allegedly raked N6billion from the applicants as processing fee.Each applicant paid N1,000.At the National Stadium, Abuja, which was the centre for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, eight applicants were reported dead.

Four others were feared dead at the Port Harcourt, Rivers State centre, three in Minna, Niger State and one in Benin-City, Edo State.Unconfirmed reports claimed the Benin-City victim was a pregnant applicant.Stampede was reported in Akure where 12,000 were invited for the test.Thousands of certificates were allegedly lost at the Ondo State centre.At the Abuja centre, the thousands of applicants were overwhelmed with emotions as eight of their colleagues were allegedly taken to the mortuary.