The Director-General of the Enugu-based Project Development Institute , Charles Agulanna, who is mired in corruption allegations, has been reappointed by the Buhari administration
After the civil war, it was renamed PRODA and enlisted as one of the 17 agencies under the Ministry of Science and Technology. Investigations by this newspaper revealed that John Yar, the person who paraded himself as the owner of the company, usurped the company from its true owner, Sylvester Chukwu, in order to use it to win contracts from PRODA.
For instance, according to the 2013 contract, Chukason was required to purchase one Unit of Toledo Thermogravimetric Analyser at N8.5 million; one unit of JIEBO Technology Carbon and Sulphur Measuring Instrument CS 995 at N7.3 million; JW-RB Series BET Surface Area Analyser at N660,440,00; and two units of High Speed Refrigerated Centrifuge Model GLIDMA at N910,100.00.
He said Mr Yar approached him in the past to use his company to bid for contracts at PRODA. But after the contracts were awarded, Mr Yar disappeared, he said. He added that even after he complained to the management of PRODA, the agency did not stop dealing with the alleged impostor. The letter, dated September 21, 2018, reads in part; “It is with a great sense of duty and responsibility that our unions have decided to throw some light on the inadequacies to our research institution, and the abysmal performance of the institute’s current DG/CEO, Engr. Dr Charles Nkem Agulanna and entire management team. They have not only performed far below expectation, but have brought more damnation and retrogression to the institute, and research and development in the country.
Meanwhile, another company, Gnvirons Limited, petitioned the D-G over allegation of diversion of funds meant for the contracts it executed on behalf of PRODA. The petitioner alleged that the money that was supposed to be paid to the contractor “was criminally converted” to Albert Agulanna, a half-brother to the DG.
When he eventually handed over power to the most senior officer at the institute, Edwin Oriaku, on January 2, 2019, he stated clearly in his handover letter that he had only completed his first term in office, signalling his determination to return.
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