Just like every other Nigerians, I went to the bank and paid the sum of one thousand naira. My thoughts were 'its just 1k naw'. Multiply it with the number of people that applied nationwide and you would begin to imagine how the minister of interior swindeled a whole nation.
Corruption in Nigeria has now become our culture. Its normal to hear stories of public officials stealing in millions and even billions of naira. It is believed that as a high ranking pubic official, not having a serious corruption case against you means you have not joined the league of 'big boys'.
When the minister of interior,Abba Moro, after a massive public outcry, came out to defend the collection of fees for the NIS recruitment, his reasons were anything but satisfying.
Before then, the FIRS, Civil Defence, Customs had also carried out employment exercises but no one asked any applicant for a dime. So you would begin to ask yourself where Abba Moro got the powers to charge Nigerians that amount that you would consider very outrageous given the current economic situation in the country.
Abba Moro erred big time. And even after the National Assembly ordered the money to be returned to Nigerians, he refused to comply.
I paid my hard earned money for that application, just like every other Nigerian. And just like every other Nigerian I like getting services when I pay for something. Nothing has been heard of the recruitment exercise. Nothing good anyway. Except the fact that two officers where dismissed for soliciting for hundreds of thousands of naira from some potential recruits.
The question Nigerians are asking is: What has happened to the NIS recruitment?
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