On Sunday, the Minister apologized to all the families of the deceased and injured applicants when answering questions to the newsmen in Abuja.
According to the data of the News Agency of Nigeria, the recruitment tragedy that happened on March 15th, took lives of 16 applicants and several others got injured.
Moro said, “I want Nigerians to understand the motive and intention behind the entire process of an open and transparent exercise.
Mr Abba Moro
“This was the first of its kind in the ministry and it was intended primarily to give employment to Nigerians, irrespective of background and connections.’’
According to the Minister, it was planned by the ministry that an open recruitment will be organized in order not to be suspected in job racketeering and to correct all the mistakes they made the previous time.
He also noted that he felt sorry that some applicants got injured and others died in process.
Minister also claimed he is the one to be responsible for any outcome of the event, no matter whether it is possitive or negative. Moro also asked for forgiveness and understanding from the families of the deceased.
“The deaths of these young Nigerians, who would have added value to the human resource of the country, is highly regrettable. “I crave the highest level of understanding of every Nigerian. If we had foreseen these deaths, we would have stopped the exercise,” he added.
Minister Moro also explained that the unfortunate event in 2012 made them go for more intense preparations in 2014. According to him, the recruitment ministry board had several meetings and discussions over the procedures of how the exercise was taken.
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