CBN recruits beg Tinubu, CBN Governor to look in to their plight
From Ahmad Muhammad,Bauchi
A group of newly recruited staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have cried out over delayed posting and onboarding into various positions since August 28, 2023.
The Workers appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a father, his Wife Senator Oluremi Tinubu as their Mother his Son Seyi Tinubu as a youth and Central Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso to look into their plights as economic hardship has taken a toll on them after about three years of leaving their jobs.
Speaking on behalf of over 50 newly recruited CBN workers Emmanuel Linus Dabo and Yakubu Yerima Abdullahi, told newsmen on Monday that “the Apex Bank issued them employment offer which was followed by acceptance copy and instructions to resign from their previous places of work where applicable as part of documentation.
“We all tendered resignation letters to our former employers as at that time to enable us proceed with the CBN process,” one of the affected employees,
Speakers said, the application process started in April 2023 where their resumé were submitted to the Headquarters of CBN and after some times got mails from the Human Resources Department for interview and aptitude test.
“We did a medical examination from the Bank’s medical clinic where a code was given to individual applicants before we could access the hospital.
After the interview, medical and aptitude test, the successful applicants were contacted by the HR manager to come over to CBN Headquarters in Abuja, to pick up our offer letter. We filled the acceptance without delay.
”They said that there were a series of e-mails from the Human Resources office to forward their credentials for the online documentation, including their acknowledged resignation letters from their previous employers.
Linus said that after a long period of time, there was no further communication from the Bank after becoming jobless but were optimistic of being deployed to their various offices while believing that the change of government at the Apex Bank must have affected the process.
According to the offer of employment obtained by our Correspondent, allegedly issued by the Human Resources Department, it was stated that an offer of ‘Provisional Offer of Appointment’ for a probatory period of one year after which a satisfactory report would be given before the confirmation of the appointment.
Also, the group gave copies of acknowledged letters of reminder addressed to the new CBN governor, written in September 2023, November 2024 and January 2025 but yielded no response from management.
The concerned recruited staff cried to CBN Governor, President Bola Tinubu and other stakeholders to look into their plights as economic hardship has taken a toll on them after about three years of leaving their jobs.
“As I’m talking to you, many of our colleagues have come down with depression. In fact, we just contributed N3,000 to some of them in the hospital. We speak with each other every time.
“Many of us cannot afford to pay our rent anymore, we can’t pay our bills and have withdrawn our children from their schools.
Even our old age parents we cannot afford to pay for their medical bills and We don’t know how to explain to them about the current situation.
“Some of us studied abroad, decided to return and contribute to our country. We are pleading for our leaders parents stakeholders and the authorities concerned to look in to our flight as sons and daughters of Nigeria, the situation is worsening.”
