HOW MY SOCIAL MEDIA USE COST ME MY BANK JOB — CONTENT CREATOR
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By ‘Sefiu Ajape
A content creator, Becca Oluwabukola, has alleged that her TikTok content led to the loss of her job at a bank after she was directed to resign over videos she posted from her workplace.
In a TikTok video shared on Thursday, Becca claimed the bank asked her to resign after accusing her of exposing a “sensitive area” in one of her office vlogs.
Although she did not disclose the name of the bank or the position she held, Becca is widely known on TikTok for creating lifestyle content centred on her daily 9-to-5 work routine.
Narrating how her content creation journey intersected with her banking career, she said she began producing videos in 2018 and often arrived at work early to film because she did not have a suitable space at home.
“I started creating content in 2018. In July 2022, because I don’t have a fine space at home, I would go to the office very early to make content. I used a sound on salary increment that I considered outrageously low. It wasn’t to mock my bank. My branch manager had to put a call through to me that they are calling me from the head office and got me queried,” she said.
According to her, the bank relied on its social media policy while taking disciplinary action against her.
“They said it was against their social media usage. I was home for quite some time, and I was reinstated. Although the video got constant salary increment and I was converted to a permanent staff,” she added.
Becca said that despite being reinstated, concerns over her TikTok activities continued until this year.
“Fast forward to 2026, I was getting several warnings for posting videos on my TikTok. I did a vlog, and I got another summon for videoing my office area. I took the video down. A week after, I got another query saying inappropriate exposure of the bank sensitive area,” she said.
She further disclosed that she later appeared before a disciplinary committee, where she apologised over the incident but was subsequently informed that her employment had been terminated through a resignation directive.
“I got invited again to the disciplinary committee. I apologised only for me to get a call from my boss, and then he says you’ve been asked to resign effective immediately, and that’s it. I did as instructed and even cried,” she said.
While Becca is not the only banker who has shared videos filmed within banking premises, including sensitive areas, checks by our correspondent showed that social media platforms contain numerous videos of bank employees recording themselves at work, with some banks also sharing similar content through their official social media accounts.
A review by our correspondent of banking regulations on confidentiality showed that, under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Bill of Rights and Duties, banks generally prohibit employees from publicly displaying sensitive or restricted areas of banking facilities on social media without authorisation.
The regulations require banks to safeguard confidential information, customer data and secure operations. They prohibit the filming of cash vaults or strong rooms, CCTV control rooms or security arrangements, restricted back-office operations, customers’ personal or financial information, internal systems, passwords, terminals, confidential documents and internal procedures that could compromise security, among other sensitive materials.
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