Immigration Exam Update: 11 Jobless Nigerian Youths Killed; SEE Fani-Kayode's Reaction

Information reaching MRTOLULOPE.COM from centers where the Immigration entrance exams held indicated that about 11 persons have so far lost their lives; 7 in Abuja and 4 in Port Harcourt. The rate of joblessness in this country today is the worst in the history of Nigeria. Yet, the federal government is saying all is well?

Immigration Service are looking for just about 100 persons but over 65,000 jobless youths came out in Abuja alone and the result is what we have seen, poor graduates duedn a bid to get a job in their country.

Here is how Femi Fani-Kayode reacted to the unfortunate incident:

60 per cent of our graduates are unemployed. 51 per cent of our people are unemployed. As a glaring testimony to these frightful statistics, which I happen to believe may well be a world record in terms of unemployment, a terrible tragedy has occurred in Abuja and Port Harcourt.

Over 50,000 of our youths gathered at the National Stadium in Abuja alone for an aptitude test for a few jobs in the Immigration Service. 11 of those children were killed in a stampede whilst looking for those jobs. Their only crime was to try to get a better life for themselves and to try to secure their future. What a tragedy.

One day Nigerians will appreciate the importance of facts, figures and statistics. Why is anyone surprised that hundreds of thousands of youths are gathering in stadiums all over the country today just to apply for a tiny handful of jobs that are available in Immigration? This is so SIMPLY because there are NO jobs available for these children in our country.

I repeat 80 per cent of our graduates are unemployed and 51 per cent of our people are unemployed. Why won't they die and be killed looking for jobs? Why won't they gather in stadiums all over the country in their hundreds of thousands just to do an aptitude test for a job in Immigration? Why should anyone be surprised by this?

They are desperate and they are suffering. That is what Goodluck's government has done to them. We have an army of angry, jobless and desperate youths on our hands in this country and we are sitting on a keg of gunpowder. May God help us and may He forgive us for failing these children and destroying their futures.

Other than this I will say no more on this matter because the truth is that most Nigerians no longer ''give a damn'' when blood is shed and when lives are taken. Under President Goodluck Jonathan we have become a nation of vampires where the death of innocent children and youths means nothing and where we cannot even provide jobs or a decent standard of living for our young ones.

May the souls of those youths that lost their lives in today's tragic events rest in perfect peace.

- by Femi Fani-Kayode