Wednesday stated that the recent
stampede which characterised the
recruitment exercise conducted by the
Nigerian Immigration Service had
confirmed that the government of
President Goodluck Jonathan was
clueless.
The party, which was making its first
pronouncement on the incident which
culminated in the death of many
applicants, regretted that despite all the
weighty allegations, the Federal
Government had refused to sack
Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro.
The National Chairman of PPA, Mr. Peter
Ameh, in a statement in Abuja said the
minister could have only acted in the
manner he did because he knew that
nothing would come out of it.
He said, "The failed recruitment exercise
by NIS and the painful destruction of
lives that came along with it is very
worrisome. Whether we want to believe
it or not, pretending over the current
state of affairs in our beloved country is
an indication that Nigeria is showing
worrisome signs of a failed state.
"Truly speaking, with close to 15 years
of civil and democratic governance,
Nigeria should have been liberated from
such a huge problem of unemployment.
Nigeria's unemployment rate is alarming
and from all indications, Jonathan's
government has ran out of ideas on how
to combat it.
"How can any responsible organisation
or an individual conduct such an
interview for job applicants despite the
fact that they were with them and yet
still failed in making sure that adequate
preparation was made?"
According to him, the stampede "that
was occasioned by bad leadership under
the Peoples Democratic Party
government" would have taken more
lives at the venue of the recruitment
exercise if not for the disciplined nature
of the applicants.
Ameh said under the PDP led
government, the country had
experienced the worst cases of
corruption such as the pension scam and
the $20bn missing Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation money.
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