The Central Bank of Nigeria has reacted to the public outcry of an
illegal recruitment exercise allegedly carried out by the apex bank.
Sahara Reporters on Tuesday March 15th, reported that the bank employed
the children of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, IGP Solomon Arase
and others to some key positions in the bank.
The list of beneficiaries of the CBN’s secret job
recruitment includes a daughter of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku,
a son of Mamman Daura, a nephew of President 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 of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, a son of
the Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdurahman Danbazzau and at least 86
others.
This report has sparked up public outcry as many believe that the bank
should have publicized the job openings for many other people to to
apply.
However in an interview with Premium Times yesterday March 16th, the
CBN’s acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor said
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"
He said 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 recruits
people of certain classes that we used to cover the shortfall in those
states,”he said
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