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Police brutalise FIIRO workers for protesting DG’s certificate
Men of the Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, supposedly struck some workers of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, throughout a demonstration versus the Director-General of the institute, ChimaIgwe
Eko warm blog site found out that the workers were vocal singing uniformity tunes and also requiring the suspension of Igwe when the policemen got in the company’s facilities and also brutalised the militants.
Two of the militants were likewise detained as the Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals, Research Institutes and also Associated Institutions, Togunde Mumeen, left.
FIIRO has actually been involved in a dilemma considering that 2019 after it was found that Igwe did not have a certificate to sustain his case to a doctoraldegree
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The controling board of the institute had actually suggested to the Minister of Science and also Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, that one more police officer should be selected the acting director-general as a result of the conflict, which was being checked out by the Independent Corrupt Practices and also other associated offensesCommission
But the suggestion was declined and also the 57-year-old ended up being the acting head of the company.
However, examinations by our contributor revealed that Igwe had yet to finish his research studies at the Universite d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic, where he asserted to have actually landed the degree greater than 18 years earlier.
His manager,Prof Mansour Moudachirou, and also the Director of the School of Postgraduate of the institution,Prof Joel Tossa claimed Igwe would certainly not be provided the certificate up until he had actually safeguarded his thesis.
Protests burst out at FIIRO 3 weeks earlier as the workers required the suspension of Igwe, mentioning pertinent extant civil service guidelines.
After stopped working efforts by a delegation from the overseeing ministry to finish the demonstrations, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, and also the employees of the Department of State Services questioned the union leaders.
Some policemen were ultimately released in the institute last Friday.
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