Reps to investigate illegal recruitment of politicians' relatives
- CBN’s secret recruitment of 909 staff comes under scrutiny
- Reps says the process which brought in the workers is against recruitment laws
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees on Federal Character and, Banking and Currency to investigate the alleged secret recruitment 909 staff by Central Bank of Nigeria into various cadre of the bank without the required authority.
The committee is to submit its report to the House within three weeks for further legislative action.
The House faulted the alleged recruitment by the apex bank saying the exercise was in violation of the Federal Character principle.
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While moving the motion, Rep. Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC-Kano) told the green chamber that the alleged recruitment had generated a lot of negative reaction from a good number of Nigerians.
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Madaki said that although the bank had the power to recruit, other laws of Nigeria stipulates that such recruitment must be subject to approval by other relevant authorities.
He said there was a clear case of non-adherence to the principles federal character as enshrined in the country's constitution, a conclusion he said was predicated on available data on the recruitment exercise.
“This recruitment was done secretly without due advertisement carried out. The principles of fairness, equity and justice as enshrined in our constitution was not respected in the recent exercise by the CBN.
“Sometimes last year when members of the public got wind of the secret recruitment exercise, the CBN came out and, outrightly denied any such recruitment or planned recruitment."
The move by the House of Representatives comes on the heels of discovery showing how the CBN 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 people tied to powerful or highly placed Nigerians, who were recently proposed appointments.
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Source: Legit.ng
