The president of the ministerial committee that oversees the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) ordered its governor, Abbas Mahamat Tolli, to cease a hiring round for senior management on August 1.

Hervé Ndoba, also finance minster of the Central African Republic, suggested that the governor failed to follow merit-based recruitment processes. Media reports claim that Ndoba is accusing the governor of nepotism.

In his letter, Ndoba referred to a hiring process underway for “senior management