Following the ICPC’s clearance, the ministry also wrote the governing board of FIIRO, saying Igwe had a PhD certificate. However, documents issued by the ICPC and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology clearing Igwe said he obtained a “PhD certificate”. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bitrus Nabasu, based on the ICPC letter, wrote to the chairman of the FIIRO board in a letter dated October 14, 2019. Nabasu in the letter said despite the various “petitions, inquiries and news publications” on the controversial PhD, the ICPC had concluded that Igwe had a PhD certificate. Director: We told them he had made the necessary registrations but he had not done his thesis defence.

Source: Punch December 29, 2019 23:03 UTC