The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s government.
Prior to his resignation, there has been controversy about his academic credentials and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate.
While he claimed to have graduated from UNN in 1975, report has it that the school could not authenticate that Nnaji scaled through his academic sojourn.
According to an investigation by PREMIUM TIMES, Nnaji allegedly forged the credentials he submitted to President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Senate during his ministerial confirmation.
PREMIUM TIMES claimed that the Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Simon Ortuanya, stated that although Nnaji was admitted to the institution in 1981, he did not complete his studies and was never awarded a degree.
According to PREMIUM TIMES, authorities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) also confirmed that the certificate of national service being paraded by Nnaji was strange to it and could not be authenticated.