{"id":7750,"date":"2025-10-08T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=7750"},"modified":"2025-10-08T07:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:52:19","slug":"tinubu-accepts-geoffrey-nnajis-resignation-as-sciencetechnologyinnovation-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/tinubu-accepts-geoffrey-nnajis-resignation-as-sciencetechnologyinnovation-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu accepts Geoffrey Nnaji&#8217;s resignation as Science,Technology,Innovation Minister\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By George Mgbeleke<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following some allegations against him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Recall that President Tinubu appointed Nnaji in August 2023.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement by President Tinubu&#8217;s Special Adviser on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Nnaji\u00a0resigned on Tuesday in a letter he personally addressed to\u00a0 the President in which he was thanking for allowing him for giving him the opportunity to serve Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nnaji alleged that he has been a target of blackmail by political opponents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Responding,President Tinubu thanked him for his service and wished him well in future endeavours.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By George Mgbeleke President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has accepted the resignation of Geoffrey Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, following some allegations against him. Recall that President Tinubu appointed Nnaji in August 2023. In a statement by President Tinubu&#8217;s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Nnaji\u00a0resigned on Tuesday in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[480,2976],"class_list":["post-7750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-appointment","tag-resigned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7751,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7750\/revisions\/7751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}