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Equatorial Guinea’s INSESO hires two relatives of its delegate

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Equatorial Guinea’s National Social Security Institute recruited two family members of its national delegate, Josefa Natalia Sipi Saka and Adolfo Babasasa Toichoa. The two employees were reportedly hired without a competitive examination, despite restrictions in force since 2020, Radio Macuto reports.

Equatorial Guinea’s National Social Security Institute (INSESO) employs two relatives of its new national delegate, Montserrat de la Gracia Bonkanka Tabares, despite a recruitment ban in force since 2020, Radio Macuto reports.

Josefa Natalia Sipi Saka works as a part-time administrative professional and Adolfo Babasasa Toichoa as an administrative and marketing professional. Both are paid at A2 level without having taken a public competitive examination, at an institute with more than 1,400 employees, according to INSESO sources cited by Radio Macuto.

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