How ex-FIIRO DG earned salary for 15 years with phony PhD claim

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A former acting Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos, Mr Chima Igwe, may have defrauded government of millions of naira and committed perjury before his recen

t ouster by the institute’s governing board.

The ministry was reported to have asked that Igwe be confirmed as the substantive DG of FIIRO until further investigations by our correspondent led to more revelations. Subsequent on the latest report, Igwe was removed and replaced with a former Director of Production, Analytical and Laboratory Management, Dr Agnes Asagbra.

Findings by our correspondent revealed that Igwe became a chief research officer in 2004 and was promoted to a deputy director in 2007.He applied for the advertised position in 2009 and became the Director of Chemical Fibre and Environmental Technology in 2010. He got an affidavit from the court after pressure was mounted on him by the institute governing board to produce his certificate.and dated June 14, 2019, was signed by the Commissioner for Oath, Isyaku Umar.

“It is beyond my responsibility and control to determine how long it will take the university to process and issue me with the PhD certificate,” the affidavit, which had Igwe’s photo, read.Igwe had been using an attestation letter authored by his retired supervisor, Prof. Mansour Moudachirou, since 2002.

“It is not done; it is absolutely impossible and that is why the university system is structured to operate on the basis of a committee even at the level of a department, faculty, the senate and even council. That letter has no weight in law and in the academia; it is absolutely useless. It is of no value and it is fraudulent.

When the response did not come, our correspondent visited Abomey Calavi in August 2019 where he discovered Igwe had yet to finish his studies. After their interaction, our correspondent was advised to send the letter by hand to the vice-chancellor of the university. This was done and sent through the agent, who delivered it by hand at the director’s office. The letter was not acknowledged.

“The position of the director of the school of postgraduate is no longer by election as they used to do it. It is now by appointment and the ministry of education will be involved,” the agent said.

 

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People have mind shaa. And this man was among everyone else who attacked Buhari in his certificate issue during election even when he knew his own has k-leg. Criminal minded people are the most terrible.

This man ought to rot in jail. FraudulentMan

GOD safe NIGERIA

If he had to certificate and claim to have one then that is fraud. But beyond certificate, if he has the certificate and cannot perform that is also fraud. A fraud that is going on in many government sectors. That is why has solving this problem

He has a great mentor and role model.

The money you earn in falsehood will not do you any good. You will vomit every penny of it one way or the other. This is how folks bring problems to their lives and families.

Because of the compromise and porosity of a system where affidavit certificates are more reliable than honesty of excellence.

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