ITUC-Africa Statement on Job-Seeker Tragedy in Nigeria

The ITUC-Africa released the attached statement today, on the tragic deaths of 20 young job-seekers at an employment aptitude test at Nigeria’s National Stadium in Abuja.

The ITUC joins its Regional Organisation in expressing its deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives, and in calling for governments to set minimum standards for employment recruitment processes and to turn political rhetoric on the need to create jobs for young people into real action.

ITUC-Africa Statement on Job-Seeker Tragedy in Nigeria