directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,
JAMB, to compile list of institutions charging above N2,000
in the ongoing post-UTME for sanction.
He also denied giving a directive that the exercise be
suspended, and asked the general public to disregard the
purported order.
Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu and JAMB
Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede
In a statement, yesterday, by the ministry’s Director of
Press and Public Relations, Mrs C.P. Ihuoma, the minister,
who noted that the stipulated amount Post-UTME
candidates were expected to pay was N2,000, regretted
that some institutions were charging above the amount.
Describing the action as act of insubordination, the minister
did not only direct that such institutions refund the money
but also that JAMB compiled names of such institutions
and submit same for appropriate sanction.
Denies ordering suspension of Post-UTME
The statement read:”The attention of the Minister ofEducation, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has been drawn to a
news report in the media claiming that the minister had
issued a directive to universities to cancel the Post-UTME
examinations already scheduled.
“The statement, according to the report, was issued by Mr.
Ben Goong, Deputy Director of Press. The ministry would
like to assert emphatically that the report is completely
false and without foundation.
“The minister, therefore, urges universities to go ahead with
their Post-UTME arrangements as earlier planned.”
“Mr. Goong, who purportedly issued the statement, ceased
to be a staff of the ministry since November 2016.
“Also the attention of the Minister has also been drawn to
some of the institutions which are charging more than the
stipulated N2,000.00 post-UTME fees.
“The minister views this as an act of insubordination and
emphatically redirected that every institution that runs in
violation of the directive will be made to face disciplinary
action.”
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