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:
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
