The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it opted for a secret process of hiring new staff in the past two years because the bank was doing \u201ctargeted recruitment\u201d.<\/p>\n
The apex bank is at the centre of a recruitment scandal exposed by two newspapers.<\/p>\n
A news report published Wednesday by Daily Trust, said the CBN secretly recruited 909 staff between June 2014 and February 2015, in violation of due process and federal character principles.<\/p>\n
The report followed a news story by news website, SaharaReporters, on Tuesday, showing how children and relatives of some influential Nigerians, including a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, were dubiously and secretly hired by the CBN.<\/p>\n
The CBN\u2019s acting Director of Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, told PREMIUM TIMES that the bank did nothing illegal or wrong in hiring without advertising.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 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,\u201d Mr. Okoroafor said.<\/p>\n
He said the bank obtained waiver from the Federal Character Commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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,\u201d Mr. Okoroafor said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Okoroafor however said he was not ready to confirm or deny the names on the list.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there any qualified Nigerian who does not have the right to work in the CBN?\u201d he asked.
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