Python3 Help Modules Always Returns Traceback Error "Attributeerror: 'Nonetype' Object Has No Attribute 'Loader'"

Python 3.8.10 Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

I was getting an error saying module not found when importing unasync. Decided to go to python and access help() and then modules which displays a list of all available modules and confirms that unasync was available.

I then tried the "modules unasync" and received the following output

help> modules unasync

Here is a list of modules whose name or summary contains 'unasync'.
If there are any, enter a module name to get more help.


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/_sitebuiltins.py", line 103, in __call__
    return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pydoc.py", line 1918, in __call__
    self.interact()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pydoc.py", line 1945, in interact
    self.help(request)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pydoc.py", line 1964, in help
    self.listmodules(request.split()[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pydoc.py", line 2100, in listmodules
    apropos(key)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pydoc.py", line 2194, in apropos
    ModuleScanner().run(callback, key, onerror=onerror)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pydoc.py", line 2155, in run
    loader = spec.loader
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'loader'

any suggestions how I can unravel this situation much appreciated.

Brian