EXPOSED: Read How CBN Secretly Hires Buhari’s Nephew, Atiku’s Daughter, Other Top Govt Officials Relatives In Nigeria (FULL LIST)
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reportedly hired relatives of top party leaders and government officials in a recent highly secretive recruitment process.
According to a document exclusively obtained by Sahara Reporters, no fewer than 91 relatives of influential Nigerians and top government officials were beneficiaries of the appointments considered as ‘peddling of influence’ which came to fore a few weeks ago.
Among them were a son of Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, a daughter of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, 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.
A top official of the bank CBN whose identity was withheld told Sahara Reporters that the Governor, Godwin Emefiele approved the appointments in his bid to retain his job amidst some serious threats of appointment termination by the current government.
It was gathered that Emefiele reportedly accused the Director of Human Resources, Chizoba Mojekwu, for being the brain behind the leak and thereafter, redeployed her as the bank’s Director of Capacity Development and IT.
A CBN source revealed that, in September 2015, Emefiele had hired Claire Arase, a daughter of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.
Additionally, it was gathered that the apex bank went to great lengths in their illegal recruitment, including tweaking the names of recruits in order to hide the identities of beneficiaries of politically motivated recruitment.
Often the CBN used the beneficiaries’ first names and their father’s middle names to hide their real identities. For instance, the bank listed Maryam Atiku as “Maryam Abubakar.”
The bank had also reportedly used the name ‘Nagode Abdulrahman’, instead of Abdulrahman Dambazau, the real name of the son of Nigeria’s Minister of Interior. They also allegedly used the maiden names of the beneficiaries instead of their married names.
The appointments were considered illegal because of the bank’s failure to advertise the vacancies in order to allow interested and possibly more qualified Nigerians participate in the recruitment process.
Moreover, the bank’s “political” recruitment did not follow principles of federal character set out for employment by government agencies and other public institutions.
“Jobs were just handed to the children of ministers in the current administration,” one bank official stated. The source added that most of the new recruits were given opportunity to choose a department of their choice where they were posted.
Below is the full list of 91 beneficiaries of the juicy appointments:
