The development comes amidst allegations of fraud and incompetence by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the institute against its Director-General, Folarin Gbadebo-Smith.
NISER is a public research institute located in Ibadan, with a mission to provide information on economic and social ideas that will be pivotal to the nation’s development.
Its products and activities include publications of conference proceedings and research findings, organising of training workshops, and seminars.
According to the letter addressed to the Chairman of the governing council, Muhammad Bashar, on April 27, the dissolution is a result of the expiration of his led council.
The letter was sent by the federal ministry of finance, budget and national planning. It was marked MBNP/AB/SEC/2705/Vol.1/36 and signed by the ministry’s permanent secretary, Olusola Idowu.
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Controversy has trailed the alleged planned reappointment of Folarin Gbadebo-Smith as the Director General of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) Ibadan, Oyo State.
The workers of the institute are accusing Mr Gbadebo-Smith of “administrative incompetence, fraud, and low research output” in the past four years.
They protested on the streets of Ibadan on Tuesday.
This newspaper obtained a 10 page petition of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) addressed to the governing council of the institute on March 19.
The petition was signed by the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions, Muyiwa Babatimehin; Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Universities, Teaching Hospitals and Research Institutions, Mathew Olagunju; and Chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union, Theophilus Tubi.
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