Release my transcript – Minister begs UNN

…Insists helium graduated from UNN successful 1985

Soni Daniel, Editor, Northern Region

Abuja: Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnachi, connected Monday pleaded with the authorities of the University of Nigeria Nsukka to merchandise his world transcript without further hold and halt playing further authorities with the captious document.

He insisted that having bagged a BSc grade successful Microbiology/biochemistry with 2nd people honours (lower division) successful 1985, the assemblage has nary close to proceed to clasp backmost his world laurel.

The minister, who is accused of forging the certificate helium submitted to the authorities upon his assignment arsenic a curate successful 2023, defended himself done his spokesman, Dr. Robert Ngwu, astatine a media briefing successful Abuja connected Monday.

Nnaji accused the assemblage authorities of trying to dent his representation by issuing 2 conflicting reports regarding his certificate each successful a bid to fulfill a governor, who wants him retired of bureau truthful arsenic to heighten his governmental position.

At the briefing, Nnaji tendered the graduation brochure with his sanction arsenic Nnaji Uchenna G and representation on with different graduates successful the 1985 acceptable and different missive issued to him by the Registrar, Dr. Mrs. Celine Ngozi Nnebedum, showing that helium was admitted successful 1981 and that helium graduated successful 1985.

Asked however the sanction Nnaji Uchenna G written successful his graduation brochure and Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, which the registrar wrote arsenic the person  who graduated successful 1985 tin beryllium taken to mean the aforesaid thing, the spokesman, said it did not substance arsenic galore Igbo names mean the aforesaid thing.

The curate said helium was shocked to larn that aft the missive written by the assemblage successful 2023 attesting to his graduation from the assemblage successful 1985, the aforesaid instauration aboriginal wrote different missive successful May 2025 claiming that determination was nary grounds of his graduation from the university, accusing the vice chancellor of being  economical with the truth.

The curate said it was erstwhile helium got upwind of the attempts by the instauration to tamper with his records for governmental reason, that helium instituted a ineligible situation against the vice chancellor and the absorption from carrying retired their nefarious plots to destruct his world records.

 Nnaji nevertheless regretted that contempt the tribunal injunction compelling the assemblage to merchandise hullo world transcript to him, the vice chancellor has refused to bash truthful but continued to prosecute successful cyberbullying and politically motivated media proceedings against him.

The curate said, “It is progressively wide that this full occurrence is not astir acquisition oregon integrity-it is astir governmental desperation, disguised arsenic world inquiry. The timing, the sources, the mendacious documents, and the paid narratives each constituent to a coordinated run to resistance a reputable nationalist servant into the mud of partisan politics.

“The assemblage of Nigeria Nsukka indispensable uphold its arrogant motto of restoring the dignity of man. It indispensable regain its integrity by distancing itself from governmental manipulation and reaffirming the authenticity of its ain official  record. This is not astir 1 man’s record-it is astir protecting truth, preserving organization honour, and ensuring that nary assemblage successful Nigeria ever becomes a pawn successful partisan politics,” the curate said.

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