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Sunday, October 5th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation , Science and Technology, Chief Nnaji whitethorn person landed successful trouble, arsenic the assemblage of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has disowned his grade academic Certificate, saying it’s fake.
It would beryllium recalled that the said certificate had been nether contention for rather a agelong time, until UNN made the declaration weekend.
Some stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Enugu State had recently during their meeting accused the Minister of parading a fake certificate, asking the University UNN authorities to verify his world records.
The schoolhouse absorption has present responded to an enquiry by Premium Times, declaring the Ministers certificate arsenic fake.
It said the expected Bachelor of Science grade certificate presented by the curate was not issued by the schoolhouse arsenic helium (Nnaji) did not implicit his studies astatine the instauration and was ne'er awarded a degree.
Response to an enquiry by PREMIUM TIMES, the Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Professor Simon U. Ortuanya, revealed that though Mr. Nnaji was admitted successful 1981, helium failed to implicit his programme and was ne'er issued a certificate.
“We notation to your missive dated 29 September 2025 successful respect of the supra taxable matter:
“We tin corroborate that Mr. Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, with Matriculation Number 1981/30725, was admitted by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka successful 1981.
“From each disposable records and accusation from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, we are incapable to corroborate that Mr. Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, the existent Minister of Science and Technology, graduated from the University of Nigeria successful July 1985, arsenic determination are nary records of his completion of survey successful the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
“Flowing from above, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka DID NOT and consequently, COULD NOT person issued the purported certificate, oregon astatine all, successful July 1985 to Mr. Geoffrey Uchechukwu Nnaji, the existent Minister of Science and Technology.
“This decision is besides successful consonance with an earlier missive dated May 13, 2025, ref. No. RUN/SR/R/V, issued by the University to the Public Complaints Commission successful respect of the aforesaid taxable substance (copy attached),” Mr. Ortuanya wrote successful a missive dated October 2, 2025.
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