CBN Finally Speaks on the “Controversial Illegal Recruitment” (Photos)
Category: Nigerian National News
The Central Bank of Nigeria who is at the center of a recruitment
scandal which was exposed online, has said it opted for a secret process
of hiring new staff because the bank was doing ‘targeted recruitment’.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, handed
out jobs of the apex bank to the children of those highly connected in
order to save his own.
The apex bank’s recruitment scandal which was exposed sees the CBN
governor, allegedly employing at least 91 people tied to influential or
highly placed Nigerians in a hiring process that was highly secretive.
The list of beneficiaries of the CBN’s job largesse include a
daughter of former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, a son of Mamman
Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari and one of the closest
members of the president’s inner circle, a son of the Minister of State
for Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, a daughter of former
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’aba, also daughter of
the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, a son of the Minister of
Internal Affairs, Abdurahman Danbazzau and at least 86 others.
As the news went viral and generated media reactions, the Central
Bank of Nigeria, disclosed that it opted for a secret process of hiring
new staff in the past two years because the bank was doing ‘targeted recruitment’.
The CBN’s acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac
Okorafor, said in an interview that the bank did nothing illegal or
wrong in hiring without advertising.
“In the last two years, we have had
cause to recruit specialists, and what the law says is that if we are
going for that kind of recruitment we should apply for waiver, so that
we can do targeted recruitment,” Mr. Okoroafor said, adding that the bank obtained waiver from the Federal Character Commission.
“The other issue is that there are states that are not well
represented (in the CBN), and in this case we focus on those states to
recruit people of certain classes that we used to cover the shortfall in
those states,” he said.
Mr. Okoroafor however said he was not ready to confirm or deny the names on the list. “Is there any qualified Nigerian who does not have the right to work in the CBN?,” he asked.
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