The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has again disowned the Bachelor of Science degree certificate in the possession of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji.

Mr Nnaji presented the discredited certificate as part of his credentials to support his ministerial appointment in 2023.

The university, again on Tuesday, distanced itself from the certificate, in a fresh letter responding to PREMIUM TIMES’ separate Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the institution’s registrar.

The new letter dated 6 October (Tuesday) and signed by Senior Deputy Registrar (Records), F.C. Achiuwa, on behalf of UNN Registrar, Celine Nnebedum, came four days after PREMIUM TIMES received a similar response from the vice-chancellor to the newspaper’s separate FoI enquiry.

Corroborating Vice-Chancellor Simon Ortuanya’s earlier letter dated 2 October, the new communication from the Registrar’s office maintained that although Mr Nnaji was admitted into th

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