NIS Tragedy: Why I accepted responsibility- Moro

Comrade Abba Moro

Interior minister, Comrade Abba Moro has explained why he took responsibility of the ill-fated recruitment exercise by the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) in which about 20 persons died as result of the stampedes that followed the shabby manner it was conducted.



Moro said he could not deny responsibility because, apart from being the minister under whose watch the gruesome recruitment exercise happened, the buck about the whole saga stopped on his table. “The loss of these young Nigerians, who are needed as a critical human resource factor for nation building is most regrettable. As the minister of interior, under whose purview this unfortunate exercise took place, I cannot abdicate my responsibility. The buck stops at my table,” he stated.

The Comptroller General of the NIS as well as a member of the NIS board and the recruitment consultant, Derex technology had last week made revelations that suggested complicity of the Interior minister.