Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) yesterday decried job racketeering in federal agencies, saying such act should be criminalised. He said many poor Nigerians did not get employed in government agencies because โtheir own barrier is that they donโt know anybody.โ He said Nigeria would not have peace โuntil the son of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybodyโ.
Ndume stated this while briefing reporters on a bill for the establishment of the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, which passed second reading on the floor of the Senate. He said though job seekers sometimes pay bribe because they are desperate, such act is wrong and should be criminalised. โIf theyโre employing people, let people be employed based on the constitutional provisions of federal character and merit. โI feel very bad about it because Iโm just opportune to become what Iโm without knowing anybody. Now, theyโre some people like me, but their own barrier is that they donโt know anybody. โThatโs very unfortunate. And I say, this country will not have peace until the son of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody,โ he said.
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