FIIRO’s acting DG replaced over ‘PhD scandal’

The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos
(FIIRO), has appointed Agnes Asagbra as acting
director-general.

Asagbara, who holds a doctoral degree in food and industrial
microbiology from the University of Ibadan, replaces Chima Igwe who
has been involved in a certificate scandal.

Igwe had said he obtained a PhD from the Universite
d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic, but he did not have a certificate
to show for it.

He was said to have risen through the ranks in FIIRO based on a
letter of attestation from the university.

Some officials of the institute had petitioned the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to
probe Igwe.