By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
A group of sixty Nigerians who were recently recruited as staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have cried out over what they declared as delayed posting and onboarding into various positions since August, 2023.
They expressed their concerns while briefing journalists at the secretariat of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi on Monday.
According to the employees, the CBN had offered them with employment which was followed by acceptance and instructions to resign from their previous places of work where applicable as part of documentation.
Emmanuel Linus Dabo, one of the affected employees, who spoke on behalf of others, told Newsmen that, “We all tendered resignation letters to our former employers as at that time to enable us proceed with the CBN process.”
According to him, 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.
He explained that, “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,” he stated.
He further stated 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.
Dabo also said that after a long period of time, there was no further communication from the CBN 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,” the spokesperson stated.
According to him, “Many of us cannot afford to pay our rent anymore, we can’t pay our bills and have withdrawn our children from their schools. 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, the situation is worsening,” Dabo stated.
Efforts to get reaction from the Bauchi Branch of the CBN failed as an official who did not want his name mentioned, directed our correspondent to the CBN headquarters in Abuja.
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