Just read in the Gruaniad that at least 16 people died when more than half a million people were invited to apply for fewer than 5,000 Nigerian government jobs. Horrific scenes ensued as nearly 60,000 people stampeded in the Abuja National Stadium which had only one gate open. As Obummer might say, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their famblies.But what puzzles me is this: If there were 60,000 there and only 5,000 jobs, the danger of getting one of them was tiny..........so why the stampede?













