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We Will Make Chima Igwe's PhD Scandal Report Public - ICPC
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A week after The PUNCH’s investigation into the non-existent doctorate of the acting Director General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Chima Igwe, the government has refused to take action.

The Ministry of Science and Technology had stated that it could not do anything because Igwe’s academic records were with FIIRO.

The ministry had also shifted responsibility to the institute’s governing board and a former director general, Prof. Gloria Elemo.

It also claimed not to be aware of any investigation into the matter.

However, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has promised to make public its findings on the matter.

Our correspondent had reported that Igwe joined FIIRO in 1991 and rose through the ranks.

However, a policy in the institution made it impossible for anyone without a PhD to be promoted to the senior cadre.

Igwe then claimed that he completed his doctorate at the Abomey-Calavi University, Benin Republic, in 2001.

He was reportedly promoted several times based on the claim, despite having only an attestation letter as evidence.

The matter became contentious when there was a need to appoint a new head for the agency earlier this year.

The board of governors checked the files of senior officers and discovered that 57-year-old Igwe, who was the most senior, did not have a certificate to back his PhD claim.

After several failed ultimatums for the officer to bring the certificate, the board recommended to the ministry that the next most senior officer be appointed into the position.

The PhD case was said to have been taken up by the ICPC.

The Dr Ogbonnaya Onu-led Ministry of Science and Technology, however, rejected the recommendation of the board and insisted that Igwe be appointed.

The FIIRO spokesperson, Chris Olumuyiwa, while acknowledging that PhD was a basis for promotion to senior positions in the institute, maintained that Igwe’s doctorate was not in doubt.

The conundrum around the PhD remained unresolved until The PUNCH visited Benin Republic, where Igwe claimed to have bagged the degree.

The Deputy Director, School of Postgraduate Studies, Abomey-Calavi University, Prof. Valentin Wotto, told our correspondent that Igwe had yet to complete the degree.

Wotto added that Igwe must re-register to continue his studies and complete his academic programme before getting his PhD.

The ICPC, which has been investigating the case for many months, promised to reveal its findings to the public.

The spokesperson for the agency, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, said in a text message, “I learnt that our investigation into the matter is ongoing. The outcome will be made public when the processes are concluded.”

Nigerians, who read the report, commended The PUNCH for the good job, adding that what took the ICPC a long time to do, the newspaper did within a short while.

Many also called for Igwe’s prosecution.

“Too many people out there occupying high positions of authority, while there are millions of eligible Nigerians in various fields looking for jobs. No wonder, nothing is working. It is not only the man that should be prosecuted, but many that have been incompetent should also give way as collateral – let the right people in,” a reader, de_Wale, wrote.

Another reader, with the alias, government, said Igwe should be made to refund the salary he took with the supposed certificate.

“The man should be asked to refund all the salaries he used his adulterated PhD to obtain. He should also be demoted,” he wrote.

“The PUNCH did a good job here; professional journalism despite the language barrier. No one can accuse this newspaper of shoddy journalism. Excellent! Let’s have Igwe’s reaction when confronted with the facts from the Republic of Benin,” Daoud Akano stated.

Some readers on Twitter also queried the reaction of the Ministry of Science and Technology that it could not do anything about the scandal.

“This is wrong; so many out there who strive just to get this certificate and deserve better after all the suffering they went through just to get a better life. And now, someone who doesn’t deserve it is enjoying it all,” @EverythingisF1 tweeted.

https://punchng.com/well-make-fiiro-dgs-phd-scandal-report-public-icpc/


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Protest In FIIRO As Workers Demand DG’s Certificate



workers at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi have started a protest against the acting Director-General, Chima Igwe, over his certificate scandal.

A source in the agency, who spoke to The PUNCH on the telephone, said members of staff had refused to work as they insisted on seeing the PhD certificate of Igwe.


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It was learnt that the atmosphere at the agency was tense as the workers were aggressive in their demand.

The voice of the source was drowned by the noise of the protesting workers.

The acting DG, for 18 years, gave excuses why his PhD certificate had not been issued to him.

He had been promoted based on the phantom claim and was recently appointed the acting director.

The matter is also a subject of an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission.

Igwe is allegedly being backed by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
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Chima Igwe: Minister, Senators Plotting To Reinstate Disgraced FIIRO DG


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Plans may have been concluded to reinstate the disgraced acting Director General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Chima Igwe.

The PUNCH gathered from reliable sources that those allegedly in the plot included an influential minister and some members of the Senate Committee on Science and Technology.

Our correspondent gathered that the group planned to rubbish a report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission which indicted Igwe.

The 57-year-old was removed after the ICPC reported that he had yet to obtain a doctorate, which he claimed he got in 2001 from the Universite d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic.

The governing board of the institute replaced him with a former Director of Production, Analytical and Laboratory Management, Dr Agnes Asagbra.

The ICPC had relied on a report from the Benin Republic varsity, which stated that Igwe had yet to defend his thesis as of January 2020.

The varsity stated that Igwe had, however, applied to continue the programme.

Our correspondent gathered that the varsity had issued him a document, titled, ‘Attestation de diploma de doctorate.’

The document, dated February 14, 2020, was signed by the Director of the School of Postgraduate, Prof. Joel Tossa, and the Deputy Rector, Charges Des Affaires Academiques, Marcel Zannou.

It was registered no: 081-2020/UAC/EDSEA/D/SA.

The PUNCH gathered that Igwe had written a petition to the Ministry of Science and Technology, saying he had obtained his certificate and he should be reinstated.

A senior official said the embattled official also petitioned the House of Representatives and the Senate to declare his removal illegal.

“He also reported the FIIRO board to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He included the House Committee and the Senate Committee. He’s been all over Abuja. The House Committee on Science and Technology has already agreed with the board’s decision to remove him, but a meeting has been fixed for the Senate committee on Tuesday,” the source added.

Another source said the influential minister and some senators had allegedly agreed to affirm the latest document brought by Igwe.

“He is fighting tooth and nail in Abuja to be reinstated. A meeting on the issue earlier scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, at the Senate, was rescheduled.

“The agenda is that they will tell the Senate that the governing board of FIIRO has no power to appoint the new acting DG and since Igwe has brought a certificate, he should be reinstated,” he added.

Another source claimed that a powerful member of the Senate allegedly said Igwe could use the latest document to run the institute.

“The document Igwe brought is dated February 14, 2020. He said it is his certificate. He is also claiming that he finished the programme in 2001 and the school only issued him the certificate now.

“They are going to the Senate to return him and confirm his appointment. Arrangement had been on ground to confirm him before the ICPC reopened the investigation that indicted him.

“It is a shame that Igwe, who claimed to have gone to UNILAG and UNN, would be struggling with a PhD in a country that does not even speak our language,” the source added.

A senior official in FIIRO told our correspondent that the disciplinary committee set up by the governing board of the institute met last Thursday.

The PUNCH learnt that Igwe, who appeared before the panel, presented his latest document.

“They collected the attestation from him and promised to study it. But the committee has nothing to do with it. It is the ministry he should face. And if the ministry accepts it, it will forward same to the ICPC for confirmation.

“When they asked him about the date on it, he said it did not matter because the effective date of the doctorate was 2001. The same story he told the committee, is what he planned to tell the Senate,” the source said.

With the controversy being generated by the latest document, our correspondent reached out to the Director of the Universite D’Abomey-Calavi School of Postgraduate, Tossa.

Tossa, who chatted with our correspondent in French, said Igwe defended his thesis in February 2020.

He also stated that the latest document was proof that the 57-year-old had concluded the programme.

Asked the effective date of the PhD, he said, “C’est la date de soutenance (It is the date of the defence).”

Findings by our correspondent revealed that Igwe defended on a Thursday and he was issued the document the following day.

After the retirement of his first supervisor, Prof. Mansour Moudachirou, he continued with his second supervisor, Dr Eleonore Yayi.

Yayi is the serving Minister of Higher Education in Benin Republic.

A copy of the invitation letter to Igwe’s project defence obtained by our correspondent, revealed his topic as ‘Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Properties of Essential Oils of Some Aromatic Plants from South-West Nigeria.’

His supervisor was stated in the invite as Yayi, and it was slated for Jeudi, 13 Fevrier, 2020 (Thursday, February 13, 2020).

The jury was made up of five persons – three from the Benin Republic varsity (including Yayi), one from Nigeria (Ahmed Aroke Shahid from FIIRO) and one from Togo (Kpegba Kaful).

Shahid was the former chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions, FIIRO branch. He was impeached for supporting Igwe.

Igwe was then awarded the PhD on Friday, February 14, 2020.

A graduate of the institution, who asked not to be identified, said the varsity’s standards were compromised for the Nigerian.

He said, “Things are not done that way. They did not follow the steps. It is a big sin against our education. That he gets it (PhD) is suspicious and gives a bad image to our educational system.”

Meanwhile, the three unions in FIIRO have issued a joint statement of their position on Igwe’s case.

In a statement to the Chairman, Committee on Establishment, FIIRO Board, dated February 27, 2020; the group said Igwe had done “monumental and global damage to the institute.”

The letter was signed by the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions, Elakhame Zuberu; Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and Associated Institutions, Togunde Mumeen; and Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union, Florence Ogunleye.

“Having been indicted by a government agency (the ICPC) which reported that Mr Igwe has not obtained a PhD certificate contrary to his claim since 2002, he should be tried for forgery and impersonation referred to as gross misconduct according to Public Service Rule PSR 030407.

“To have deceived the system and benefited handsomely in cash and kind on false claims of having a PhD from Universite D’Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin, since 2002, and has been parading himself in official capacity and on behalf of the institute, criminal offence has been established against him by the report of the ICPC and hence he should be sanctioned appropriately.

“That whereas Igwe got promotions and appointment through the fraudulent claims, many officers have been stagnated for several years for inability to acquire PhD degree. This injustice must be addressed and remedied. Many have retired on designation of chief research officers after decades of stagnation for not possessing PhD degree, while many are also wallowing in the same problems for years now,” the letter read.

Igwe did not respond to calls and a text message from our correspondent on the latest document.

https://punchng.com/minister-senators-plotting-to-reinstate-disgraced-fiiro-dg/

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