BREAKING: Buhari fires JAMB Registrar, 16 Others

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sacking and replacement of 17 Chief Executives for parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education.this includes the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde. Ishaq Oloyede, a former vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), had been appointed the new registrar of the board.While some of the CEOs were sacked,  some others like the National Universities Commission got new heads as tenure of the ex-CEOs had ended.

The list of the new appointees are:

National Universities Commission – Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed

Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration – Prof. Lilian Salami

Universal Basic Education – Dr. Hameed Bobboyi

National Library of Nigeria – Prof Lanre Aina

National Examinations Council – Prof. Charles Uwakwe

National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal education – Prof. Abba Aladu

Nomadic Education Commission – Prof. Bashir Usman

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

National Commission for Colleges of Education – Prof. Bappah Aliyu

Tertiary Education Trust Fund – Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa

National Mathematical Centre – Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB – Prof. Ishaq Oloyede

National Institute of Nigerian Languages – Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche

Librarian Registration Counil of Nigeria – Prof Michael Afolabi

National Teachers Institute – Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare

Similarly, President Buhari has also approved that the following chief executives to be retained in their respective agencies:

Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council – Prof. Samaila Junaidu

Nigerian French Language C\Village – Prof rauuf adebisi

National Board for Technical Education – Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure

National Arabic language Village – Prof. Muhammad Mu’az. 

 

The appointments were with immediate effect today August 1, and  the new chief executives are expected at the office of the minister of education at 12 noon on Tuesday.