Prof. Ishaq Oloyede who is the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar, has openly appealed to some of the striking lecturers to resume.
Oloyede had also made the appeal on Saturday while monitoring the 2022 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
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More than 42,000 candidates participated in the exercise conducted in 45 centres in five states. The examination was organized for candidates who could not participate in the nationwide test which was held in May.
Oloyede appealed to parties to reach a truce to ensure affected students return to the classrooms. The registrar said even if ASUU called off the strike, it would not prevent it from happening again.
“I believe that what we should do is to look at the system and take some hard decisions.
“If we do not take such decisions, then we may be postponing the evil day”, NAN quoted him saying.
The federal government has yet to reach an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The industrial action started on February 14 and the government insists the figure being demanded is outrageous.
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo said ASUU knew the clear picture.
“ASUU’s proposal is N1.2trillion. Their former N412blllion was 50 percent of the total wage structure of the federal government.
“I will tell parents and everybody, go and beg ASUU”, the minister advised.
In another report, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has raised an alarm over a series of smear campaigns and fraud allegations against its management and officers.
Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, had announced that the smear campaign was sponsored by those against the board’s reforms which have blocked their sources of illicit wealth. Benjamin had also alleged that those behind the falsehood are using a faceless non-governmental organization, NGO, to circulate the concocted allegations.
In a statement by the signed, Benjamin urged security agencies to investigate the allegations and make their findings public.