Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada The protest at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos, over the controversial doctorate certificate of the acting Director-General, Chima Igwe, continued on Monday, with the workers shutting out all management staff of the institute.
With this development, the protest has reached day three.
Our correspondent learnt that the Governing Board, led by the chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Gwarzo, had gone to Abuja to meet with the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
Our correspondent, who, however, investigated the matter, discovered that he had yet to complete the programme, which he started at the Universite d’Abomey Calavi, Benin Republic.
The matter is also a subject of an investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission.
It was alleged that Igwe had the backing of the minister, Onu.
