Uche Nnaji Resigns Over Alleged Certificate Forgery
The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Geoffrey Uche Nnaji has resigned.
President Bola Tinubu has also accepted the resignation of the minister who has been under public scrutiny defending the allegation of certificate forgery contained on several investigative reports of PREMIEUM TIMES.
In a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President said he has accepted Nnaji’s decision, which came about, ‘following some allegations against him’.
The statement recalled that Nnaji was appointed in August 2023.
He resigned today in a letter thanking the President for allowing him to serve Nigeria.
Nnaji said he had been a target of blackmail by political opponents.
EDITOR
Sam Udekwe is a journalist working in the News and Current Affairs department, Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) Enugu. He is well trained in all genres of journalistic venture.
Mr Sam read Mass Communication, graduating all with Distinction in National Diploma, Higher National Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma at IMT, Enugu and Madonna University, Okija, Anambra state, as well as M.Sc Mass Communication with Second Class(Upper Division) at National Open University of Nigeria.
He is the immediate past NUJ Chairman, Enugu state.
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