Private Universities that goes against
the Federal Government’s
proscription of the controversial
written post-UTME and covertly
conduct the exercise, risk sanctions,
says the Federal Government.
Deputy Director, Press at the Federal
Ministry of Education, Bem Goong,
who noted this while speaking with
newsmen said that the warning has
become necessary as some
institutions were still bent on going
ahead with the written test, which
the government has since abolished.
According to him, they could have
their operational licences revoked by
the Federal Government. Adding that
the federal government would
sanction any of the institutions that
conduct written post-UTME, and sack
their vice chancellors of such schools.
Goong alleged that Afe Babalola
University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) was
stopped from carrying out a post-
JAMB examination over the weekend
in the Garki area of the Federal
Capital Territory.
His words: “One of the parents
alerted me about what they were
trying to do, and I in turn contacted
the permanent secretary outright,
who mandated me to convey the
development to the National
Universities Commission (NUC), and
the executive secretary of the
commission was duly briefed.
“On learning of this development, we
promptly reacted and the exercise
was stopped at that centre. By the
time we got there, they had actually
gone in and had even started the
examination. So, we had to stop
them and also informed them that if
they choose to go ahead, they would
face serious sanctions from the NUC.
We, however, do not know whether
they went ahead in other centres
around the country, where the
exercise was meant to take place.”
The director of press warned
institutions against operating at
variance with Federal Government’s
directive, as that would not be
tolerated.
He stressed that for federal
universities, there are also sanctions,
because the vice chancellors are
public servants, and it could be
worse for them because they would
be seriously dealt with, and could
even be sacked. So, it is very
important that they comply with
government’s directives as it
concerns scrapping of written post-
UTME.
Spokesperson of ABUAD, Tunde
Olofintila, however, stated that the
school did not organise post-UTME
examination. He said it was just a
screening exercise for intending
students at Government Secondary
School, Garki, Abuja.
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