● Gross Violation of Procurement Laws: When Consultants Become Kings, the People Pay the Price
There is a peculiar silence that often precedes the eruption of a storm. At the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), that silence has been punctured by hushed whispers, clenched jaws, and the seething grumbles of senior staff who feel dispossessed of their authority. The walls of the apex bank have become unwilling witnesses to what many insiders describe as an unparalleled breach of due process—an anomaly that reeks of privilege, opacity, and financial impunity.
At the heart of this unfolding scandal is a trio of consultants, particularly two women, whose presence within the CBN has morphed from quiet advisory roles to near-sovereign dominance. Their names are now spoken in derision, their salaries whispered with incredulity, their powers likened to those of de facto deputy governors. They are, in the parlance of aggrieved staff, ‘Cardoso’s Women’—a term dripping with both mockery and resentment. …CONTINUE READING
