The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unlawfully hired daughter of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari

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.

“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 
4. 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 

After Buhari’s victory at the presidential poll last year, the wife of the president Aisha Buhari made a significant remark about her status saying that she will prefer to be called the wife of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria than the First Lady of Nigeria. The Nigerian leader has taken a critical step towards cutting the cost of governance with the establishment of the Efficiency Unit which will vet all key expenditures of Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.