At least 10 job seekers died today while many more sustained varying degrees of injury on Saturday morning during a stampede at the National Stadium, Abuja venue of the ongoing recruitment test by the Nigeria Immigrations Service (NIS).
Several thousands of job-seekers thronged the stadium to write the test but only one entrance to the 60,000-capacity stadium was made available. An applicant who turned back after seeing the crowd said there was no way the applicants would not have been more than 60,000.
At least 40 of those who were injured were admitted at the National Hospital in Abuja, a source at the hospital said, adding that several others were referred to other hospitals due to lack of capacity to admit and treat all those injured.
The recruitment exercise is also ongoing in all other states of the federation
In 2011, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) put the country’s unemployment rate at 23.9% , but observers believe that the true figure far higher, the rise in the rate of unemployment over the last three years has been underestimated to paint a rosy picture economic recovery by the Nigerian government.
***I think the umeployment rate is nearer 60% than to 24%. May God save Nigeria.
5 comments:
Only in Naija.
May God save Nigeria! Amen!
The unemployment rate is terrible,may God save our country o!
Giant of Africa!
Pity.
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