President Muhammadu Buhari
Friday Olokor, Abuja
The Federal Government has announced the
sacking of chief executives of 17 parastatals and agencies under the
Ministry of Education.
The government’s announcement was contained in a statement
issued on Monday night by the Deputy Director of Press and Public
Relations in the Education Ministry, Ben Bem Goong.
Four Chief Executives whose tenures were
yet to elapse were however retained, while others including the
Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations
Board, Prof Dibu Ojerinde were relieved of their appointments.
The statement said the appointments were with immediate effect, precisely from Monday, August 01, 2016.
The 17 agencies affected in the mass
sack and the new Chief Executives appointed included the National
Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed; Nigerian Institute
for Education Planning and Administration, Prof, Mrs. Lilian
Salami; Universal Basic Education, Dr. Hameed Bobboyi and National
Library of Nigeria, Prof. Lanre Aina.
Others are National Examinations
Council, Prof Charles Uwakwe; National Commission for Mass Literacy,
Adult and Non-Formal Education, Prof Abba Aladu and Nomadic Education
Commission, Prof Bashir Usman.
Also appointed are National Business and
Technical Examinations Board, Prof Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe; Teachers
Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Sunday Josiah Ajiboye; Computer
Registration Council of Nigeria, Afolabi Aderinto and National
Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof Bappah Aliyu.
The new appointees also included
Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa; National
Teachers Institute, Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare; Librarian Registration
Council of Nigeria, Prof Michael Afolabi; and National Mathematical
Centre, Prof Steven Ejugwu Onah.
The Secretary-General, Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria, 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.
Those retained included the Nigeria
Educational Research and Development Council, Prof. Samaila Junaidu;
Nigerian French Language C\Village, Prof Rauf Adebisi; National Board
for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure and National Arabic Language
Village, Prof. Muhammad Mu’az.
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.
Ojerinde ran into trouble with the
Minister following 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.
“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,” he stated.
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