How my social media usage costs me my bank job — Content creator

A Nigerian content creator, known on TikTok as Becca Oluwabukola, has shared her experience of allegedly losing her bank job due to her social media activities. She claims the bank asked her to resign after accusing her of exposing a "sensitive area" in one of her office vlogs.

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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.

Oluwabukola, who creates lifestyle content about her daily work routine, began posting videos in 2018. She explained that in July 2022, she started recording videos at the office early in the morning due to a lack of suitable space at home. One video, which used a sound about salary increments she considered low, led to a query from the head office, though she stated it wasn't intended to mock her bank.

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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.

Despite being reinstated and even converted to a permanent staff after the initial incident, concerns about her TikTok presence persisted. She reported receiving several warnings and another query for filming her office area, which she took down. Subsequently, she received a query for "inappropriate exposure of the bank sensitive area." Invited before a disciplinary committee, she apologized but was ultimately asked to resign immediately.

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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.

While Oluwabukola was not the only one filming bank premises, including sensitive areas, PUNCH Online verified that Nigerian banking regulations generally prohibit employees from publicly displaying sensitive or restricted areas on social media without authorization. Central Bank of Nigeria regulations require banks to protect confidential information and customer data.

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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.