CBN 'Unlawfully' Hires Relatives Of Incumbent Government Officials

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.

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.

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

Source: Naija.com