Following the death of at least 20 applicants in last Saturday’s Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, recruitment examination, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) in collaboration Premium Times, Say No Campaign, and Berekete Family Radio is organizing a “tweetup” today at 4:00 p.m. to discuss its implications and lessons learnt.
The “tweetup”, will feature the Chairman of the Nigerian Human rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu; former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili; renowned columnist, Jibrin Ibrahim; blogger, Japheth Omojuwa; and activist, Samson Itodo.
Join the conversation, tweet your thoughts and questions using #Naijahaardtalk #NISstampede and #NGConfab
Some questions received include:
#naijahaardtalk what does the #NISstampede say about the future of youths. can #NGConfab help @PremiumTimesng @OSIWA1 @omojuwa @EiENigeria
— Udo Ilo (@udoilo) March 20, 2014
#naijahaardtalk So what happens to d money d youths paid shouldnt they get a refund? @JibrinIbrahim17 @PremiumTimesng @OSIWA1 @DSamsonItodo
— Udo Ilo (@udoilo) March 20, 2014
#naijahaardtalk does the job offer given to families of #NISstampede victims make sense? @obyezeks @chairmanNHRC @JibrinIbrahim17 @omojuwa
— Udo Ilo (@udoilo) March 20, 2014
Musa Yahya, Facebook: We are far! but my question is why sell form 2 job seeker? where is 520m generated from that jobless youths? It is a financial crime or not? if no then it is gov’t generating revenue from jobless Nigerian. if yes, what EFCC is doing about it?
Taiye Tunde Raji, Facebook: We have 26,000 unemployed youths who participated in Kadunna Immigration recruitment while almost 7 grounded textiles in Kadunna state, what does it take the govt to revive them?
Here is our live update from the event.
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