Forgery Scandal: Carry Your Cross, Enugu Government Tells Minister Nnaji

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.

The government, successful a property connection issued successful Enugu connected Monday by the Director of Information successful the Ministry of Information and Communication, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nebo, said it 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 World Press league scheduled for Monday, October 6, astatine 2:00pm to code the substance but failed to amusement up adjacent arsenic the Enugu State politician threw galore powers astatine the Minister.

“A ample fig of Nigerian 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) resit interest had been attached?

“Is it existent that portion helium claims to beryllium successful possession of a assemblage degree, helium lone submitted his Secondary School WASC Certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for his information successful the 2023 governorship election?

“Why did Uche Nnaji’s proxy authorities astatine the Abuja property league that the Minister “graduated”, portion avoiding stating categorically that helium was issued a grade certificate?

“Did helium besides contiguous a purported NYSC discharge certificate showing that helium commenced his nationalist work successful April 1985, 3 months earlier his expected graduation, and served until July 1986 — an antithetic duration of 13 months alternatively of the accustomed 12 months of nationalist service?

“Whereas the CEO of the NYSC astatine the clip helium claimed to person undergone the nationalist work was Col. Edet Akpan (January 1984 to December 1987), Uche Nnaji’s NYSC discharge certificate was signed by Col. Animashaun Braimoh, who was NYSC CEO from January 1988 to December 1990.

“Is it existent that NYSC certificates issued up till October 1990 had six-digit numbering devoid of alphabetic characters, but Uche Nnaji’s discharge certificate, supposedly issued successful 1986, was numbered A231309, which includes the alphabet ‘A’?

“And supra all, is it a information that helium deposed to an affidavit successful the suit helium filed successful tribunal that UNN did not contented him immoderate certificate? And if that is the case, Nigerians privation to cognize however helium came astir the certificate helium submitted to the Senate of his ain escaped volition successful 2023.

“These are the clarifications Nigerians earnestly yearn for, and Chief Uche Nnaji is urged to brave up to wide his name, if helium is genuinely innocent, alternatively than trading blames,” the statement stressed.