Sources
reveal how the ex-JAMB boss proved to be stubborn during a disagreement with
the minister – The ex-JAMB boss would have escaped the axe had he acted
appropriately before it was too late – Buhari’s minister was said to have
waited for the appropriate time to approve the sack of the ex-JAMB boss
Revelations have emerged on why President Muhammadu Buhari sacked erstwhile
registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Professor
‘Dibu Ojerinde. The former chief executive of JAMB was replaced by Ishaq
Oloyede alongside other appointments by the federal government recently. But
reports from those close to information informed Daily Post that a fight
between Ojerinde and minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu over the 2016
admission exercise into universities and other tertiary institutions led to the
termination of the former’s contract. And when the post-Universities Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) was canceled by the minister, it was obvious
that trouble was looming. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter PIC. 2. CANDIDATES
WRITING UNIFIED TERTIARY MATRICULATION EXAMINATION (UTME) IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY
(10/3/15). 1256/10/3/2015/HF/BJO/CH/AIN/NAN Some students writing the Computer
Based Test (CBT) of JAMB recently. Photo: NAN Reports say the ex-JAMB boss did
not reply messages sent to him and could not be reached as his phone was said
to have been permanently switched off. Reacting to the removal of Ojerinde, a
source in the ministry of Education said: “For us, the removal of Ojerinde as
Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB did not come as a surprise. The Minister is
very smart because he knew he was dealing with a Professor. What Adamu did was
to wait for an opportunity when many CEOs would be involved. “If Ojerinde had
been sacked earlier, it would be seen to be politically-motivated. But now that
many of them were affected, nobody can read politics into it.” READ ALSO: JAMB
withdraws admission lists to universities Speaking also on the brewing discord
between the pair, another source hinted that, “After the cancellation of the
Post-UTME, it was clearly stated that admissions will be based on the three
criteria of Merit, Catchment and Educationally Less Developed States. Since
there is no Post-UTME, after sending them the bigger list, what Ojerinde did
was, to prepare a list that reflected these three criteria. “Nobody knows what
the authorities of Universities told the Minister and based on whatever they
may have told him, Adamu advised him to withdraw the list in his own interest.
Ojerinde is another stubborn person, especially if he knows he is very right in
what he is doing. He declined and refused to withdraw it. “After examinations,
JAMB usually sent print out to the Universities. JAMB sent a bigger print out.
But after agreement that admissions will be based on the three criteria, JAMB
sent out a smaller print out which reflected the three criteria. The
Universities were not happy that JAMB conducted admissions. If you look at the
Act establishing JAMB, it empowers JAMB to conduct admissions. “But the
Universities are saying the University Act empowers the Senate to conduct
admissions. But the Act establishing JAMB has not been repealed. When you make
a law, it doesn’t automatically overpower it. You either repeal it or retain
with but say without prejudice the other. So, there is so much confusion.” It
was when Ojerinde was sensing danger with his acts that he reportedly tried to
withdraw the list sent to universities to reduce the anger of the minister, but
it was already too little, too late as the deed had already been done. “But it
was very late, Ojerinde should have withdrawn it earlier. This was just the
cause of their disagreement. Despite the protest from Vice Chancellors, the
Minister was solidly behind him during the cancellation of the Post-UTME. “If
he had withdrawn it, I can tell you that Ojerinde would have escaped the
tsunami which shook the education sector on Monday because he did very well in
JAMB, especially with the introduction of Computer-Based Test,” another
anonymous source explained.
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