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Posted by Ignatius Okpara
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has denied sponsoring allegations of certificate forgery against the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, urging him to “carry his cross” and wide his sanction earlier Nigerians.
In a property connection issued successful Enugu connected Monday by the Director of Information successful the Ministry of Information and Communication, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nebo, made disposable to newsmen said Gov Mbah had nary manus whatsoever successful the controversies surrounding the Minister’s world records.
“The Enugu State Government dissociates itself wholly from these allegations. The Honourable Minister indispensable transportation his ain transverse and wide his sanction earlier Nigerians, alternatively of dragging the authorities into issues that are wholly idiosyncratic to him,” Mr. Nebo declared.
The Director of Information recalled that Chief Nnaji had invited journalists to a satellite property league scheduled for Monday astatine 2:00 p.m. to code the matter, but failed to amusement up.
“A ample fig of Nigerians and planetary journalists reportedly gathered connected the Minister’s invitation to perceive straight from him.
” But alternatively than look earlier them to reply questions and found his innocence, the Minister absconded, leaving down proxies who could not withstand the barrage of morganatic questions from journalists.
“Who tin narrate Chief Nnaji’s UNN communicative amended than him? Why invitation the media, lone to outsource the conference? Why nonstop 3rd parties, who deficiency the answers to captious questions, if helium genuinely has thing to hide?” Mr. Nebo queried.
“Did he, for his screening, contiguous a purported grade certificate to the Senate showing that helium graduated from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), successful July 1985?
“Is it existent that helium deposed successful a Federal High Court filing successful Abuja that helium was not issued immoderate grade certificate by UNN and, if so, however did helium travel astir the grade certificate helium presented to the Senate?
“Is it besides existent that portion helium claims to person graduated successful July 1985, helium applied to the assemblage to retake Virology (Course code: MCB 431) successful the September 1985 Supplementary Examination, having failed the course?
“Is it besides existent that the university, successful a November 8, 1985 letter, informed Uche Nnaji that helium again failed Virology (Course code: MCB 431) successful the Supplementary Examinations, but could registry to retake the people successful the June 1986 examinations, provided helium paid an introspection interest of N4.00 (Four naira)?
“Is it existent that connected January 3, 1986, helium again applied to retake the Virology (Course code: MCB 431) introspection successful June 1986, stating successful his missive that the receipt for the outgo of the N4.00 (Four Naira) re-sit f...
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