The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been hit with an employment discrimination lawsuit by 20 new potential recruits, predominantly from the Southern part of Nigeria.The lawsuit, which was filed by activist lawyer, Festus Keyamo on behalf of the plaintiffs, detailed the denial of placement opportunities to the recruits who had been properly tested and had passed medical and physical fitness tests.The lawsuit is coming on the heels of growing concern that the Yar'Adua regime has been biased in favour of persons of northern origin, particularly his home state of Katsina, to whom it is generous with employment opportunities in the federal civil service.
Recently, the appointment of the Comptroller General of customs,
Abdullahi Dikko Inde has been condemned as an example of nepotism by the Yar'Adua regime. Mr. Inde also faces questions of certificate forgery, and an editor of The Guardian who was reportedly working on the forgery story was assassinated in his home.Inde hails from Musawa local government area of Katsina. He is a distant cousin of Yar'Adua, and is married to the sister of Yar'Adua's wife.
Recently, the appointment of the Comptroller General of customs,
Abdullahi Dikko Inde has been condemned as an example of nepotism by the Yar'Adua regime. Mr. Inde also faces questions of certificate forgery, and an editor of The Guardian who was reportedly working on the forgery story was assassinated in his home.Inde hails from Musawa local government area of Katsina. He is a distant cousin of Yar'Adua, and is married to the sister of Yar'Adua's wife.
