Finger Pointing After Deadly Nigeria Job Fair Stampede
- Publisher:
- Voice of America
- Publication Date:
- 18 March 2014
- Tags:
- Nigeria, Governance
Lots of finger-pointing in Nigeria, after a deadly stampede at a job fair. Nigerian officials say at least 16 people died when 500,000 people were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 government jobs. Joining VOA's Vincent Makori on the phone with more on the tragedy is Heather Murdock in Abuja.
Job Applicants Die in Stampede
- Recruitment Tragedy - President Queries Moro, Parradang
- Moro Regrets Death At Immigration Recruitment
- Recruitment Tragedy - FG Will Get to the Root of the Incident - President Jonathan
- Jonathan Grills Minister Over Recruitment Deaths
- Minister Denies Responsibility for Job Applicants' Deaths
- Immigration Job Test Tragedy - Over 16 Feared Dead
- Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - Matters Arising
- Jobseekers Killed in Stampede
- 16 Killed in Stampede for Jobs in Nigeria
- Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - 23 Feared Dead
- Job Applicants Die in Stampede
- Stampede Mars Immigration Recruitment in Rivers
- Immigration Recruitment Exercise - Death Toll Rises to 16 Nationwide
- Immigration Stampede - Two Dead, 11 Injured in Minna
- Stampede in Gombe, Kano, Benue As Thousands Participate in Nigeria Immigration Recruitment Test
- Angry Applicants Condemn Nigeria Immigration Over Recruitment Chaos
- NIS Tragedy - Labour, NHRC Demand Sack of Moro
- Immigration Stampede - PDP Mourns Victims, Demands Immediate Investigation
- Blood, Sorrow and Tears As Job Seekers Perish At Immigrations Recruitment Centres
- PDP Regrets Deaths At Immigration Recruitment, Calls for Urgent Probe
- Sporadic Shooting Mars Immigration Recruitment Exercise in Ogun
- Immigration Recruitment - Tambuwal Says Death of Nigerians "Unfortunate"
- Stampede - Tambuwal Says Death of Nigerians "Unfortunate"
- Immigration Recruitment Deaths Direct Consequence of PDP Misrule, Says APC
- NIS Job Stampede - APC Asks Minister of Interior to Resign
- Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - Eminent Nigerians Demand Sack of Minister Abba Moro
- VIDEO: Immigration Job Seekers Die In Stampede
- Family of Dead Immigration Applicant Cries Out - Job Agency Tricked Our Sister, NIS Killed Her
- Immigrations Recruitment - Don't Go to Your State to Write Test - Minister
- Immigration Recruitment - Four Dead in Port Harcourt
- Four Job Applicants Discharged From Hospital
- Jobseekers Killed in Stampede
- Immigration Records Smooth Recruitment Exercise in 31 States, Says Report
- Seven Feared Dead in Immigration Recruitment Stampede
- Confusion Mars Immigration Recruitment in FCT
- Immigration Recruitment Stampede - Hospital Confirms Four Dead in Port Harcourt
- Immigration Recruitment Stampede - Abuja Eyewitness Account
- Immigration Recruitment - Seven Feared Dead in Stampede, Says Minister
Moro Accepts Blame for Jobs Tragedy
- I Take Responsibility for Nis Recruitment Tragedy--Moro
- Immigration Tragedy - I Take Full Responsibility - Moro
- Jonathan Orders Fresh Advertisement for Immigration Jobs
- Only N45 Million Released for Deadly Immigration Screening, As Comptroller General, Parradang, Denies Knowledge of Recruitment
- NIS Aptitude Test Massacre - One Step to Darkness
- NIS Recruitment Tragedy - Comptroller General Parradang Warns Staff Against Unguarded Utterances
- The NIS Debacle - Harvesting the Dead
- Immigration Tragedy - Youths Blacklists Moro, Paradang, Splash Red Paint On Ministry
- Immigration Tragedy - Mark Orders 'Thorough' Probe
- Immigration - Protesters Storm Moro's Office, Seek His Head
- Recruitment Tragedy - Protesters Clash in Abuja Over Calls for Moro's Resignation, Prosecution
- Abba Moro and the War On the Poor
- Immigration Tragedy - Activists Call Moro's Prosecution
Nigeria Cancels Immigration Drive
- Immigration Tragedy Aftermath: Nigerian Govt. Cancels Mass Recruitment By Its Agencies
- Jonathan Cancels Tragic Immigration Recruitment
- Jonathan Cancels Fatal Recruitment Exercise
- Goodluck Jonathan Cancels Immigration Recruitment
- Govt Cancels Immigration Recruitment
- Jonathan Cancels Immigration Recruitment
- Jonathan Orders Cancellation of Immigration Recruitment
- Automatic Immigration Jobs Offer - Applicants Besiege National Hospital
- Immigration Recruitment - Ex-Kaduna Governor Condemns Applicants' Death
- Recruitment - 'Moro Hijacked Immigration Board Function'
- 'Moro Hijacked the Functions of the Board' - Immigration ACG
- Immigration - Why the Applicants Are to Blame
- Immigration Tragedy - Civil Society Group Declares National Mourning, Mass Rally
- Immigration Tragedy - Dead Candidates Get Three Job Slots Each
- Recruitment Tragedy - 'NIS Is Liable'
- NIS Saga - National Hospital Says Corpses Will Be Released After Proper Identification
- NIS, Virtual Jobs and the Death of a Dream
Stampede Deaths - Minister Grilled
- Jonathan Cancels Immigration Recruitment
- Immigration Stampede - Relatives Scramble for Bodies
- NIS Death - 'My Daughter Was Preparing for Her Wedding'
- Jonathan Orders Cancellation of Immigration Recruitment
- APC Senators Chide Jonathan Over Immigration Job Deaths
- Immigration Recruitment Tragedy - Senate Orders Probe
- NHRC Probes Immigration Recruitment Tragedy
- Immigration Recruitment - Mark's Wife Denies Links With Consultants
- Immigration Tragedy - Senators, Reps Ask for Minister's Head
- Immigration Tragedy - Human Rights Commission Commences Investigation
- Senate, House of Representative Order Probe of Nigeria Immigration Recruitment Deaths
- Osiwa, Premium Times, Others Organise Forum On Immigration Stampede, National Conference
- Jonathan Grills Minister Over Recruitment Deaths
- Jonathan Queries Moro, Parradang Over Immigration Recruitment Deaths
- VIDEO: Job Seekers Stampede: Moro Says Ministry Did Its Best
- Jonathan Grills Moro, Parradang Over Deaths At Immigration Recruitment
- Immigration Tragedy - Jonathan Queries Interior Minister
- Immigration Test - 'Stampede Caused By Inadequate Preparation'
- Immigration Tragedy - Jonathan Pledges Thorough Investigation
- NIS Tragedy - Jonathan Summons Interior Minister, Immigration Comptroller-General
- Recruitment Tragedy - Jonathan Summons Moro, Parradang
- Labour Asks FG to Probe Into Immigration Service Collection of Recruitment Fee
- Recruitment Tragedy - President Queries Moro, Parradang
- Immigration Disaster - NLC Protests, Demands Compensation for Victims' Families
- VIDEO: Job Seekers' Stampede: Somebody Must Be Held Responsible
- Prosecute [Not Just Sack] Abba Moro for Recruitment Tragedy
- Immigration Tragedy - SERAP Drags Nigerian Government to UN
- NIS Recruitment - SERAP Drags FG Before UN
- NIS Recruitment Tragedy - Don't Blame Applicants, NLC Tells Minister
- Moro Regrets Death At Immigration Recruitment
- NLC Condemns NIS Recruitment Protcols, Calls for Investigation
- NLC Demands Investigation Into Immigration Employment Process
- A Boot for Abba Moro
- How Outsourcing of Immigration's Recruitment Led to Applicants' Deaths
