Nigeria, May 7 -- The federal government has approved the dissolution of the governing council of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) Ibadan, Oyo State.

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, Muha...