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THE MANY ATROCITIES OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SHEDA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX (SHESTCO ABUJA}

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Author: Posted by Admin Sahara

Dear Sir,

The many atrocities of the director general of Sheda Science & Technology Complex (SHESTCO, Abuja)


SHESTCO is a multi disciplinary research institute meant to serve as link between the university and the industry and also, to break new ground in research, import and domesticate technology amongst other things

The complex has its administrative office at first floor tower b federal secretariat complex and its research labs along Gwagwalada/Lokoja expressway.

The 10years rule of our dg (Dr Ayodele Coker) has rubbed our dear country of the vision of founders of SHESTCO by virtue of his office and his selfish interest.

Firstly, the labs are crippled due to lack of funding, this is not because government does not appropriate money, but it ends up in the pocket of just few. Budget is made yearly and defended due process approval will be secured but such project will either not be executed or under executed.

All the equipments bought for the labs are either not useful or obsolete because the end users (scientists) will never be consulted. He indulge in acquiring cheap things where he can get returns not minding that he is putting his fathers land in danger of perpetual slavery. A budget of about 70million naira is given to each of the research labs but none of the labs ever spent 2million naira in a year. The directors of the labs can attest to this.

Some scientist attracted some projects: for example, one late r. Kuta was given a project by the Bayelsa state govt to develop hybrid banana in which about 15million naira was paid to SHESTCO. Some equipment were bought but the project never took off (because the remaining money was diverted) and Bayelsa state could not trace it because of change in govt. these and other equipments are what they show to external auditors when they come as complex property bought with the budget given to them.

Since the inception of SHESTCO the labs have not been able to come out with anything meaningful .we the insider know this. Let not the minister and the top govt officials be deceived by the guided tours we take them through when they visit

We have first class professors and scientist who are celebrated abroad and who can make the place a centre of excellence but they are never allowed. Some frustrated ones have left.


Part of SHESTCO 's mandate is to develop, domesticate and operate a nuclear technology center. This is a multi billion-naira venture, but like others the aim has been defeated because the dg has connived with the company that built it {Siemens} to make it their personal business.

Apart from the fact that the contract was more than 500% inflated, the company {Siemens} made sure that Nigeria engineers and scientist who are supposed to under study the process are denied the opportunity. And any staffs that dare raise opposition to this will incur the wrath of Dr. Coker. This is done so that the white man and himself can be forever relevant in that facility even after leaving office. as we are writing this sir ,not much is known about that facility to our men. This is of course verifiable. Get some nuclear expert to cost that facility vis a vis the so called actual cost and to also ask the staffs there some technical question then you will feel sorry for the country. The Germans fell threatened and insecure if the knowledge is transferred to Africans and they have found a useful tool in our greedy director general who agree to trade our tomorrow for a little porridge they are offering him.

After Siemens completed the job its site manager, Mr. Schneider {a German} who is Dr. Coker’s business partner, floated a company called Rosulitech and was given maintenance contract of the place without due process or with an 'arranged' due process. The said company is also going to run the central workshop and power station

The said workshop has never functioned for a day, because Siemens only equips the place big but useless and obsolete machines, no complete operation can be performed because the machines are not complete. Despite this, they collect huge budget yearly for its maintenance. Maintaining equipment that has never worked.

The power station was equipped with 2 750kva German generators that have no spare part in Nigeria and so make maintenance difficult, which put such a huge investment at risk. Relevant engineers who could advise him were never consulted because of his secret and unholy dealings with Siemens.

Furthermore, government is made to believe that those generators are already commissioned and are working and they make budget for diesel@200ltrs/hr for each of the generators, please forget the hullabaloos about some corrupt governors some of our director generals are richer than them.

Staffs are just only been recruited to the work shop but their salary was included and in the last year budget

Further to this the director general recently gave his son a contract to set up ict center worth about 80million naira as a welcome gift for completing his studies abroad this contract was grossly over inflated and poorly executed.

Also he claimed to build a recreation center just a 4-walled brick building for 80 million naira this is direct stealing of public fund.

We will be happy if you can look into govt financial support to Xechem international to develop anti sickle cell drug through SHESTCO nothing is spent on Xechem, instead they are made to pay for any little service they enjoy from SHESTCO and also contribute diesel for the running of the generators.
Lastly sir, the dg is retiring soon help us ask him to return the complex cars he is hiding in Lagos among which are Prado jeep, Peugeot 604, 2 Peugeot 406,504 station wagon, and 1 executive Hilux pick up van

It is our believe that you will as usual use your good office to investigate this and brought offenders to book
we are counting on you.



Jimoh Aliyu
For Non Academic Staff Union
SHESTCO


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