The Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr. Uche Orji, has faulted claims in some quarters that the appointment of Aisha Abba Kyari, the daughter of President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, as an Assistant Vice-President at the authority, was in flagrant disregard to due process.
Orji who made the position known in a statement issued on Monday while addressing newsmen on the financial performance of the agency in 2018 said Aisha was appointed based on her academic qualifications, international and local work experiences. He further disclosed that the position was advertised in 2018 stressing after careful screening of applicants, Aisha met all the conditions required for engagement.
Also speaking on the development, the Head, Corporate Communications at NSIA, Titilope Olubiyi in a statement to newsmen described the allegations as mere mischief intended to smear the image of the Organization.
“The clear mischief in the reports can be seen in the very false and unsubstantiated statements it contains: The report claims that AVP is the ‘highest level in the organization’. This is not only false, but mischievous given AVP is the 9th level out of NSIA’s 22-level grading system.
“The report also claimed that she was given a car six months ahead when the position does not entitle the staff to a car in the first place. In fact, she will require two promotion cycles to qualify for a car entitlement. The report also claims that the candidate’s package was N32m, which is false!
“There was no time when any of the directors of NSIA made such statements and neither was there any document to validate the purported accounts as published. There is no correlation between the recruitment process of the candidate, and the approval process of an ED or Board member. These are mutually exclusive and independent events.”
On the allegation that the board members of NSIA refused to interview Aisha Abba Kyari, the agency also described it as false.
“In actual fact, a member in the appropriate sub-committee of the board participated in the process. Ms. Abba-kyari’s recruitment was based on her application for one of the positions duly advertised by NSIA in mid-2018 while her selection for the post was based on her academic qualifications, international and local work experiences.” Olubiyi concluded.
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