{"id":24341,"date":"2014-03-17T16:39:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=24341"},"modified":"2014-03-17T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:42:11","slug":"jonathan-summons-interior-minister-immigration-service-cg-over-recruitment-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/jonathan-summons-interior-minister-immigration-service-cg-over-recruitment-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan summons Interior Minister, Immigration Service CG over recruitment disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 7px  0px  0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\">President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday summoned the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, as well as the Comptroller General of the Nigerian <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_3\">Immigration Service<\/span>, David Parradang.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 7px  0px  0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\">The emergency summon comes two days after at least 18 people died <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_7\">nationwide<\/span> at different venues of a <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_2\">recruitment test<\/span> conducted by the immigration service on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 7px  0px  0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\">The poorly organised <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_5\">test<\/span> for tens of thousands of <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_4\">job seekers<\/span> across Nigeria led to a stampede and sporadic shooting by security operatives at different venues; leading to the deaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 7px  0px  0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #222222; text-align: justify;\">The immigration service is supervised by the interior ministry with many Nigerians calling for the sack of both men.<br \/>\nMr. Moro, who was at the Presidential Villa alongside Mr. Parradang, spent over one hour in the <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_6\">office<\/span> of the <span class=\"l8jxn1f217\" id=\"l8jxn1f217_1\">Chief of Staff<\/span> to the President, Oladehinde Arogbofa. 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