People from the northern part of Nigeria were the worst hit as the mass termination of appointments continued at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday as up to fourteen directors, and well over 90 senior management staff were relieved of their jobs.
According to BusinessDay other cadres of staff affected were deputy directors, assistant directors, principal managers, senior managers and even lower-cadre staff.
This is one in series of sacks at the CBN since Yemi Cardoso, CBN governor assumes office last year.
Some of those affected were Directors in charge of Statistics department, trade and exchange department, policy regulatory department, Information Technology department, the bank’s director of corporate services in Ghana and a whole lot of deputy directors.
The affected directors include
1. Clement Oluranti Buari, Director, Strategy Management;
2. Dr Blaise Ijebor, Director, Risk Management;
3. Lydia Ifeanyichukwu Alfa, Director, Internal Audit;
4. Jimoh Musa Itopa, Director, Capacity Development;
5. Muhammad Abba, Director, Human Resources;
6. Rabiu Musa, Director, Finance;
7. Dr Mahmud Hassan, Director, Trade & Exchange;
8. Dr Ozoemena S. Nnaji, Director, Statistics;
9. Dr Omolara Duke, Director, Financial Markets
10. Chibuike D. Nwaegerue, Director, Other Financial Institutions Supervision;
11. Chibuzo A. Efobi, Director, Payments System Management;
12. Haruna Bala Mustafa, Director, Financial Policy and Regulation;
13. Rakiya Shuaibu Mohammed, Director, Information Technology
14. Benjamin Nnadi, Director, Reserve Management
The three directors that were spared are:
1. Rashida Jumoke Monguno, Director, Corporate Secretariat,
2. Salam-Alada Sirajuddin Kofo, Director, Legal Services and
3. Aderinola Shonekan, Director, Research.
