Minister Apologises To Nigerians Over NIS Death

The Minister of the Interior, Mr Abba Moro today apologised to Nigerians
over the death of 16 young Nigerians at the just concluded NIS recruitment exercise. Mr Moro
who appeared before the Senate Committee on Interior said,

“Mr Chairman and Distinguished Senators, we are deeply
grieved and saddened about 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 at my table.”