The APC accuse President Goodluck Jonathan of “soliciting votes” by “belatedly” doling out N5m to each family that lost relatives in the March 2014 recruitment exercise carried out by the Nigeria Immigration Service.
“The truth is that this President was forced to act because of the elections. Otherwise, why has it taken one year for the President to redeem his promise to the bereaved families?” the Saturday’s statement, signed by the APC National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, read.
“Why has his Administration not sanctioned those who sent innocent job seekers to their early graves after extorting them? Why is the Interior Minister, Mr. Abba Moro, who presided over the deaths, still in office, virtually dancing on the graves of those innocent youths?
”Sunday, March 15th, will mark one year since those vibrant youths were lured to their deaths by a callous federal government that failed them in all ramifications, including the security of their lives and the assurance of their welfare, the raison d’etre of any government.
“It is therefore utterly reprehensible, immoral and wicked for the same administration to seek to make political gains out of the needless tragedy.”
“President Jonathan, in his desperation for re-election, has also sought to take political advantage of other tragedies, including the Buni Yadi massacre of school children and the abduction of Chibok girls.
”After refusing to even visit the families of those school children in Buni Yadi and Chibok, the President suddenly woke up and started sending delegations to meet with them, all this because he needs votes. As a parent himself, how will the President feel if he had been so treated? Why must the President put his re-election over and above everything else, including the welfare and security of Nigerians? Is there no limit to desperation.
”No one is fooled by the antics of a desperate President, and in the fullness of time, Nigerians will show President Jonathan and his cohorts that they are not impressed by his pretend governance,” the APC said.
On March 15, 2014 the NIS conducted a nationwide recruitment exercise. In the ensuing stampede, fifteen applicants lost their lives and dozens were injured. This Friday, President Jonathan handed out N75 million as well as employment letters to the families who lost their relatives.
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