Governor
of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN is being sued by a US based Nigerian
lecturer for alleged plagiarism.
Prof. Victor Dike, of the School of Engineering and Technology, National
University of Sacramento, California, in a suit filed in an Abuja High
Court on his behalf by Mr. E. U. Chinedum, accused Sanusi of making use
of his work without properly referencing and crediting him.
The
pieces of work in question are titled: ‘Review of the challenges facing
the Nigerian economy: (Is national development possible without
technological capability?)’, published in the Journal of Sustainable
Development in Africa (Volume 12), an article titled ‘Nigeria: Reform
efforts and the unresolved socio-economic problems’, adapted from
chapter nine of the book ‘Democracy and political life in Nigeria (2nd
edition), another article- ‘Nigeria’s bad governance and weak
institutions:
Is the
2020 project achievable?’ and one published by the NESG Economic
Indicators, Vol. 8, No. 1, January-March 2002 titled ‘The state of
education in Nigeria and the health of the nation.’
The plaintiff alleges that Sanusi used the articles in various public
lectures including one delivered at the 8th Convocation Ceremony of
Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, on 26 November, 2010, titled;
‘Growth prospects for the Nigerian economy’ and another at the
Convocation Square, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, on
December 10, 2010, titled ‘Global financial meltdown and the reforms in
the Nigerian banking sector’.
Dike is
seeking compensation to the tune of N10 million, as well as N5 million
for legal fees, cost of transportation to Nigeria, as well as other
logistics.
The judge who heard the case on Monday, Justice Adamu Bello granted an
order for substituted service of the process on the CBN governor, and
adjourned it till the 31st of May.
The CBN governor Dr Lamido Sanusi responded to the allegations,
dismissing them as a “distraction”.
"We are
here at the World Bank meeting in Washington DC with the governor and
somebody called me on this,” said his spokesperson Mr. Ugochukwu
Okoroafor, “but I haven’t heard anything like that. I have asked my
people to find out because there is a whole lot of distraction going
on.” “However, just think about it; what will he (Sanusi) gain from
plagiarizing? They are trying to distract the man from his work.”
Source: www.ynaija.com
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