The Federal Government has approved the appointments of 17 new chief executives heads for some parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education.
A statement from the ministry on Monday said the appointment was with immediate effect.
Some of the affected agencies include the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, the Universal Basic Education Commission and the National Universities Commission.
Others are the National Library of Nigeria, the National Examinations Council and the Nomadic Education Commission, among others.
The appointees are Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, NUC; Dr. Hameed Bobboyi, UBE; Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB; Prof. Charles Uwakwe, NECO; Prof. Lilian Salami, Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration; Prof. Lanre Aina, National Library of Nigeria; Prof. Abba Haladu, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education; Prof. Bashir Usman, Nomadic Education Commission and Prof. Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe, National Business and technical Examinations Board.
Others are Prof. Sunday Ajiboye, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria; Afolabi Aderinto, Computer Registration Council of Nigeria; Prof. Bappah Aliyu, the National Commission for Colleges of Education; Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, Tertiary Education Trust Fund and Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare, National Teachers Institute.
The Federal Government also named Prof. Michael Afolabi as the new head of the Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria; Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah, National Mathematical Centre; and Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, National Institute of Nigerian Languages.
The President was said to have also retained some chief executives.
They include, Prof. Samaila Junaidu, Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council; Prof. Rauf Adebisi, Nigerian French Language Village; Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure, National Board for Technical Education; and Prof. Muhammad Mu’az, National Arabic Language Village.
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The sack of Professor Dibu Ojerinde, JAMB Registrar, was long overdue. The introduction of CBT was not in the best interest of the nation, but rather an execution of personal plans for aggrandizement. Ojerinde has succeeded destroying the great esteemed JAMB, because of extortion. He never saw the body as a national examination body with integrity of maintaining an existing standard, but rather as a commercial body where he could amass wealth for himself and his cronies. The mandatory CBT has a great corruption undertone and not because it was the best option.
The government would do a whole of injustice to the youths of this nation if Ojerinde is not probed. Let every contract awarded by him be probed by EFCC. Though he thought he would be there forever, but thank God for this sack that comes without prior clues. The public want to know how much he was able to save for JAMB through his commercialization program.
The EFCC should please not probe Ojerinde alone, but also probe SIDMACH TECHNOLOGY, situate at Otunba Jobi-Fele Way, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. EFCC should please vet the terms and condition of the contract they operate with. Through this IT Company our youths have been enslaved by JAMB in the name of CBT or computerization.
The youths of this nation would forever be grateful if justice is achieved on our behalf.
Long Live JAMB!
Long Live Buhari!!
Long Live Nigeria!!!
I stand to be corrected but Nigeria doesn’t need 17 educational agencies. What are they doing? Or rather what have they be doing? Do we need so many for things to work? Besides we’ve had these and look at the state of education in the country. Why do we place value in quantity rather than quality? That is not efficiency at all. Developed countries usually define efficiency as using little to achieve much. But here it’s the other way round.
17 agencies just exhibits how poor our level of thinking is. At the end of the day these agencies need to be funded. With the way this economy is where will government see the money to fund them. Anyway a word is enough for the wise.