NIS RECRUITMENT TRAGEDY
At least 16 job seekers died, while scores of others were injured during the recruitment exercise conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in March 2014.
NIS had 4000 vacant positions but 6.5 million people applied, leading to stampede, exhaustion and total breakdown of law and order in virtually all the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). Many Nigerians believe that the government did not handle the issue appropriately.
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