Mr.Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior on thursday accepted
responsibility over the circumstances that led to the death of 16 people during
the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise conducted on March
15 across the country.
The embattled Minister gave this remark when he appeared before
the Atiku Bagudu-led Senate Committee on Interior probing the exercise, maintaining
that the tragedy would have been averted if the exercise was attended by only
those that registered online for it
According to him,“Mr
chairman and distinguished senators, we are deeply grieved and saddened by the
way events turned out. We express our sincere regrets once again.
“However, permit me to state that our
patriotic desire was the pursuit of a more honest, a more transparent, a more
cost effective, a more efficient and equitable platform.
“We sincerely made appropriate and adequate
preparations for a hitch -free exercise, but as most things in administrative
and human conditions, the yield curve of expected outcome is mostly undefined.
“My heart goes out to the families of those
who have lost their dear loved ones. I sincerely sympathise with those injured.
I share in their grief. I share in their pains. May I, at this juncture, assure
you, distinguished senators and Nigerians, of my respect for the sanctity of
human life.
“The
loss of these young Nigerians, who are needed as a critical human resource
factor for nation building is most regrettable. As the Minister of Interior,
under whose purview this unfortunate exercise took place, I cannot abdicate my
responsibility. The buck stops here.”
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