The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fired about 40 staff members as the apex bank continues with its ongoing restructuring. The sacked staff mostly are from the development finance department (DFD), Daily Trust authoritatively reports.
Because the sack letters were released late Friday, details of those affected are sketchy but our reporter learnt that Musa Zgabawa Bulus, an Assistant Director of the CBN, heading the National Collateral Registry (NCR) was affected.
NCR is an initiative of CBN aimed at improving access to finance particularly for Nano Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) leveraging movable assets.
It was gathered that deputy directors and assistant directors were mostly affected with 22 from the DFD and the remaining 18 from Medicals and Procurement Services Department.
Recall that not less than 27 members of staff, most of them directors at the Central Bank of Nigeria, were affected by the first batch of dismissals, even as more are set to be axed in the coming days.
Amongst those affected were eight directors, 10 deputy directors, five assistant directors, two principal managers and two senior managers.
With the latest number of affected staff, the total has now reached 67, in what appears to be a series by the Olayemi Cardoso-led Board of Governors.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Ag director of Corporate Communication, Hakama Sidi Ali was not successful as she did not pick her call or return the text messages to her line. (With Agency reports)
