JAMB Tackles ASUU President Over Admission Claim
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB,has taken a swipe at the alleged claim by the President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke that it was sidelining university vice chancellors on admission of students.
Osodeke had reportedly made the claim while featuring on a programme on Abuja based Human Rights Radio, on Saturday.
The board which refuted the claim,said the ASUU boss spoke from the point of ignorance, challenging him to substantiate his claim.
JAMB in a statement, reacting to Osodeke’s purported claim, explained that the,” Board does not conduct admission for institutions but rather regulates the process.”
“The Board promises the Professor one million naira if he can substantiate his falsehood with even one proof,” JAMB said in a statement, Sunday, by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin.
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It read in full:”The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been drawn to the ill-informed statement made by the rattled President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.
“He betrayed his acute ignorance of the admission process into tertiary institutions in the country when he appeared on a programme of one of the radio stations in Abuja on Saturday, 11th June 2022.
“The ASUU President had made this unfortunate blunder in his laborious effort to curry favour with the public when he unimaginatively said, “…Admissions are being done by JAMB and sent to you …Vice-Chancellors don’t know how the admissions are done.”
It is highly reprehensible for an academic, albeit a researcher of such high standing, not to have the slightest idea of how candidates are admitted or to be ill-prepared for such a public forum.
“It is thus obvious that the problem bedevilling the educational sector is actually deeper than we had imagined.
“We challenge the Professor to present one Vice-Chancellor of University, Rector of Polytechnic or Provost of any college of education with even one candidate that has not been recommended by the institution but admitted in the last five years.
“The Board promises the Professor one million naira if he can substantiate his falsehood with even one proof.”
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