In a statement released on Monday night, the Federal Government has announced that he is sacking 17 top ranking officials in the Ministry of Education. The said announcement was in a statement issued by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Education Ministry, Ben Bem Goong.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, Prof Dibu Ojerinde was relieved of his appointments alongside 16 others.
Prof Ishaq Oloyede has been named Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, while the National Institute of Nigerian Languages has Prof Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche as its CEO.
Ojerinde got into trouble because of the way he handled the ongoing 2016 admission into universities and other tertiary institutions. On Sunday, he withdrew the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to universities and other tertiary institutions.
The announcement was contained in a statement by the spokesperson for JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin.
According to him, the decision was to ensure that universities perform their statutory responsibility of selecting candidates and referring them to JAMB for confirmation.
This, JAMB stated, should be done in consonance with the admission criteria of merit, catchment area and educationally disadvantaged states as directed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, during the policy committee meeting.
Benjamin said the earlier list was sent to help fast-track the process of admission so as to allow other tiers of tertiary institutions conduct their admission for the 2016/2017 academic session. He further said that “Candidates should not panic because this is part of the process of the 2016 admission exercise. JAMB regrets any inconvenience this decision would have caused the tertiary institutions,”.
The new appointees are expected to report at the office of the Education Minister on Tuesday, August 02, 2016 by 12:00 noon for inauguration.
Source: Punchng
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