The leadership of the apex bank of Nigeria has been urged to withdraw
all the beneficiaries of the sham recruitment of face the wrath of the
law.
According to Vanguard, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability
Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Mr Godwin Emefiele,Governor
of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), requesting him to “immediately withdraw hundreds of letters of employment
issued following a seriously flawed recruitment process and to put in
place a system of recruitment and hiring based on the principles of
non-discrimination, transparency, participation and objective criteria
such as merit, equity and aptitude.”
The group warned that “Should Mr Emefiele and the CBN fail
and/or neglect to act as requested within 14 days of the receipt and/or
publication of this letter, the Registered Trustees of SERAP shall take
appropriate legal action to ensure effective remedies for millions of
Nigerians that have been denied equal opportunity to participate in the
recruitment process. And this may be without further notice to you.”
The letter dated 18 March 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni reads in part: “This
corrupt process amounts to a fundamental breach of constitutionally and
internationally recognized human rights of millions of Nigerians
particularly the right to equality and non-discrimination, to work and
to human dignity.”
“Instead of the CBN promoting equality of opportunity and
access to employment for all Nigerians, it has perpetrated
discrimination, and therefore denied an opportunity for economic self
reliance and in many cases a means for millions of Nigerians to escape
poverty and live a life of dignity.”
“The process also directly breaches article 7 of the UN
Convention against Corruption which Nigeria has ratified. Article 7
requires institutions like the CBN to adopt, maintain and strengthen
systems for the recruitment and hiring of civil servants that are based
on principles of transparency and objective criteria such as merit,
equity and aptitude.”
“SERAP believes that by the secret recruitment, millions of
otherwise qualified Nigerians have been treated less favourably than the
children of the politically and economically connected. This
differential treatment is arbitrary and cannot be reasonably and
objectively justified. It can in fact result in pervasive
discrimination, stigmatization and negative stereotyping. The secret
recruitment also offends the requirement for Nigeria to make the labour
market open to everyone in the country.”
“SERAP notes that non-discrimination and equality are essential
for the exercise and enjoyment of other constitutionally and
internationally recognized human rights, as well as equal and effective
protection before and of the law. We also remind you that every Nigerian
has the right to be able to work, allowing him/her to live in dignity.”
“SERAP is seriously concerned that the secret recruitment
unfairly deprives millions of Nigerians the right to work, impermissibly
limiting their freedom regarding the choice to work, and undermining
their personal development and social and economic inclusion. While the
right to work is not an absolute and unconditional right to obtain
employment, it implies the right of access to a system of protection
guaranteeing every eligible Nigerian access to employment, and the right
not to be unfairly deprived of employment.”
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