9 IS FOR ‘IMMIGRATION VICTIMS’
This was one tragedy in the category of avoidable deaths. It had no business happening.
It was a testimony to the astronomically high level of unemployment in Nigeria. Six-and-a-half million people were reported to have applied for just 4,000 vacant immigration positions across the country.
These 6.5 million applicants had to pay N1, 000 for application, and little did some know that they were even paying for their deaths.
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On March 15, these millions gathered at stadia, schools and colleges around the country for the job test. The overwhelming population in all the states were soon involved in stampedes that led to the death of about 16 applicants in all.
This led President Goodluck Jonathan to order a cancellation of the test and a refund of application fees, while promising automatic employment for the families of the deceased.
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Thank you TheCable for the carefully selected and renderred account of the above fallen heroes of not iust Nigeria but all Humanity and God’s children.
May we all have the courage to glean from their lives and stand up for righteousness as they did while our lives are still with us.