The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has denied allegations of irregular staff recruitment by the leadership of its Registrar-General/CEO, Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN.
The rebuttal was released in a statement via its X page on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
A number of reports online(not TheTimes) stated a senior official in CAC accused the Registrar of employing over 100 graduates from from his home state of Bauchi.
The Registrar was alleged to have violated the Federal Character Principle by allegedly failing to facilitate the recruitment of employees from the South West or North Central regions.
In CAC’s statement signed by its management, Nigerians were asked to disregard the allegations.
It maintained the Commission followed due process to regularise the status of contract staff inherited by the present management and injected fresh hands to meet up with the present administration’s target deliverables.
The statement reads,