CBN hires relatives of incumbent government officials
- Leaked document shows that CBN hired relatives of top officials of the incumbent government
- The bank masked the names of the beneficiaries
- The full list of unlawfully hired people
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly unlawfully hired a daughter of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari and many others relatives of top officials.
The leaked document shows a list of at least 91 people tied to powerful or highly placed Nigerians, who were recently proposed appointments.
Sahara Reporters says that the CBN’s job generosity comprise a daughter of former Atiku, a son of Mamman Daura, a nephew of Buhari and one of the closest members of the president’s ‘kitchen cabinet’, a son of the Ibe Kachikwu, oil minister, a daughter of ex-speaker of the house of representatives, Ghali Na’aba, also daughter of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, a since of the Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdurahman Danbazzau and at least 86 others.
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The leaking of this document has reportedly caused important embarrassment for the administration and the bank. The director of human resources, Chizoba Mojekwu, was reportedly redeployed as the bank’s director of capacity development and IT after CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, blamed her for being behind the leaking of the list.
Meanwhile, a bank insider said that Emefiele had decided the hiring of relatives of top leaders of the ruling party and powerful government officials as a strategy for saving his job.
It was learnt that the CBN governor had begun the practice of using job proposals to promote top government officials since Buhari was sworn in on May 29, 2015.
Another source disclosed that in September last year Emefiele had hired Claire Arase, a daughter of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.
Meanwhile, the CBN is trying to hide the names of beneficiaries. The bank used the first names and their father’s middle names to hide their real individualities.
For example, the bank listed Maryam Atiku as “Maryam Abubakar,” the name of the son of Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, is written as “Nagode Abdulrahman.” In other examples, the bank used the first names of hired people instead of their married names.
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The employments are considered to be irregular because the CBN failed to promote the vacancies in order to allow opportunities to all qualified Nigerians to apply for the jobs.
“Jobs were just handed to the children of ministers in the incumbent administration,” another top source in bank said.
Below is the full list of 91 people unlawfully recruited by the CBN:
1. Biola Ologburo Adeniran
2. Abba Mustapha Shettima
3. Abdul-Hakeem Mohammed Ali
4. Abdullahi Mohammed Nuradeen
5. Abdulmalik Atta
6. Abdulnasir Haruna
7. Abubakar Mohammed Yahaya
8. Adefela h. Adejuwon
9. Aduwak Laraba
10. Ahmad Aminu
11. Ahmed Aminu-Kano
12. Ahmed Zainab Shehu
13. Aina Michael
14. Akinwunmi Ayodeji Akintola
15. Alexandar Chukwuka Okakwu
16. Aliyu Aisha Yakubu
17. Aminu Ahmadu Dauda
18. Aminu Halimat Sadia Abdullahi
19. Asuzu Obioma
20. Ayoola B Oyebanjo
21. Ayoola Oluwabukola
22. Babayo Abdulhakeem Abdullahi
23. Carpenter Barka Muhammad
24. Dahiru Isa Abba
25. Ejike Emmanuel Ibe
26. Ekayi Nyofo Shitta
27. Essien Innocent Joshua
28. Ethel Isioma Ojije
29. Farida Zuhair
30. Fatima Baba Shehu
31. Fatima Imam
32. Hajara Sani
33. Hanafi Abubakar Mujeli
34. Hassan Usman
35. Ibeh Nnadozie Nathaniel
36. Ibironke Ifeoluwa Adetunbi
37. Ibrahim Ahmed Lawan
38. Ibrahim Kabir Tijjani
39. Ibrahim Muhammed Kabir
40. Ibrahim Usman
41. Idigo Ifeanyi Charles
42. Iheomamere Chikezie Chikwendu
43. Ikyembe Terseel Ikyembe
44. James Elizabeth Edidiong
45. Jibril Abdullahi Ibrahim
46. Joel Ugochukwu Jones
47. John Irimiya Balewa
48. Kamaludden Tukur Tafida
49. Loretta Laoye
50. Maryam Abubakar
51. Maryam Adamu Badamasi
52. Mbwiduffu Ibrahim Auta
53. Mohammad Ahmad Adamu
54. Mohammed Ali
55. Mohammed Ameer Ibrahim Bunu
56. Muhammad Isah Rumu
57. Muhammad Muhammad Magasa
58. Muhammed Hassan
59. Musa Ibrahim
60. Mustapha Mariam Bukola
61. Na'abba Fatima Ghali
62. Nagode Abdulrahman
63. Nasreen Mamman-Daura
64. Odelola Oyekunle Isimenme
65. Okocha Uzoma Meshark
66. Olajide Tolani Kudirat
67. Olawunmi Adedoyin Kayode
68. Omitokun Omolola Temitope
69. Omoile Kingsley Ucheka
70.Onoja Uwane Jessica
71. Oruche Chukwudubem Godwin
72. Owoade Adedamola Kazeem
73. Princewill Eva
74. Rabiu Musa Mbulo
75. Sadik Uba Sule
76. Sadiq Inuwa Baba
77. Salami Bashirat Omolola
78. Samaila Shehu
79. Shima Kuma
80. Solomon Ezra Monde
81. Sunday John Momoh
82. Taslim Ganiyu Olalekan
83. Temitope Adeola Odunowo
84. Titilayo Tola Olowoniyi
85. Ukute Patrick Ewere
86.Usman Buba Jalo
87. Yahaya Sani
88. Yakub Umar Yakub
89. Yamani Sanusi
90. Yinusa Bilikis Orekuleyin
91. Yisa Daniel Nma
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Source: Legit.ng
