{"id":6714,"date":"2014-03-17T11:44:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T11:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:44:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T11:44:20","slug":"nigeria-stampede-interior-minister-refuses-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=6714","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria stampede: Interior Minister refuses to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6717\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/73610545_73610540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6717\" alt=\"There was a stampede... several people were crushed and many more injured\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/73610545_73610540-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/73610545_73610540-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/73610545_73610540.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was a stampede&#8230; several people were crushed and many more injured<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"story_continues_1\">Nigeria&#8217;s interior minister has rejected calls for him to step down after he blamed job-seekers for their deaths in Saturday&#8217;s stampede.<\/p>\n<p>At least seven people died after tens of thousands turned up to take a test for fewer than 5,000 positions.<\/p>\n<p>Abba Moro told the BBC that there had been &#8220;poor handling&#8221; of the event by officials but also said those in the crowd should have been more patient.<\/p>\n<p>He said his resignation &#8220;did not arise&#8221; until after an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Moro told the BBC&#8217;s Newsday programme that &#8220;unauthorised&#8221; people had broken through the fence into the national stadium in the capital, Abuja, where the tests were being held, causing the stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Similar statements over the weekend had led to calls for him to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Although he said he accepted responsibility, as only one stadium entrance was open at the time, he said he would not step down.<\/p>\n<p>The recruitment exercise was for jobs in the immigration department. There is a high level of unemployment in Nigeria especially among young people. In 2011, it stood at 23.9%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s interior minister has rejected calls for him to step down after he blamed job-seekers for their deaths in Saturday&#8217;s stampede. At least seven people died after tens of thousands turned up to take a test for fewer than 5,000 positions. Abba Moro told the BBC that there had been &#8220;poor handling&#8221; of the event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-6714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-papa-owusu-ankomah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}