President Jonathan cancels controversial NIS exams

President Goodluck Jonathan has on  Wednesday through the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku ordered the immediate cancellation of the controversial immigration recruitment exercise that left 18 families to mourn their relatives.

The president gave the directive today at the Federal Executive Council meeting.

He further directed that all those who lost their loved ones would have automatic slot for three applicants, and that at least, one of the three must be a woman.

While ordering that the ill-fated exercise be cancelled, the President set up a committee led by the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, to conduct a fresh exercise.

The committee has the Comptroller-General of NIS as well as representatives of the Inspector-General of Police and the heads of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Coprs, Nigerian Prisons Service, State Security Service and the Federal Road Safety Commission as members.