“Uche Nnaji Resigns over Certificate Controversy”

By Millicent Umoru

Nigeria’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Uche Nnaji has resigned just days after allegations emerged that he had forged his academic credentials.

The resignation follows a newspaper investigation that claimed Nnaji submitted falsified certificates to President Bola Tinubu during his ministerial appointment in 2023.

Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga confirmed Nnaji’s resignation in a post on X on Tuesday evening, quoting the minister as saying he had been “a target of blackmail by political opponents”.

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Nnaji has denied the accusations of forgery  and has insisted that he did graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) with a degree in Microbiology/Biochemistry.