The President Muhammadu Buhari led government has wielded the dismissal rod on Chief Executives of 17 parastatals and agencies under the Ministry of Education, including the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) Prof Dibu Ojerinde.
This is contained in a statement issued on Monday night by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Education Ministry, Ben Bem Goong.
According to The Punch Newspaper, the appointments were with immediate effect, precisely from Monday, August 01, 2016.
The 17 agencies affected in the mass sack and the new Chief Executives appointed included the National Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed; Nigerian Institute for Education Planning and Administration, Prof, Mrs. Lilian Salami; Universal Basic Education, Dr. Hameed Bobboyi and National Library of Nigeria, Prof. Lanre Aina.
Also dismissed are National Examinations Council, Prof Charles Uwakwe; National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, Prof Abba Aladu and Nomadic Education Commission, Prof Bashir Usman.
The statement said also appointed are 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 and National Commission for Colleges of Education, Prof Bappah Aliyu.
The new appointees also included Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa; National Teachers Institute, Prof Garba Dahuwa Azare; Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof Michael Afolabi; and National Mathematical Centre, Prof Steven Ejugwu Onah.
The Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has been named Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, while the National Institute of Nigerian Languages has Prof Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche as its CEO.
Those retained included the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council, Prof. Samaila Junaidu; Nigerian French Language C\Village, Prof Rauf Adebisi; National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas’ud Kazaure and National Arabic Language Village, Prof. Muhammad Mu’az.
The new appointees are expected to report at the office of the Education Minister on Tuesday, August 02, 2016 by 12:00 noon for inauguration.
Ojerinde ran into trouble with the Minister following the way he handled the ongoing 2016 admission into universities and other tertiary institutions.
Posted: at 2-08-2016 12:13 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
EDDYPRINCE at 2-08-2016 12:29 AM (8 years ago) (m)
Ok seen Part of Change
Posted: at 2-08-2016 12:29 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
WHETHER HE DOES IT RIGHT OR WRONG, SOME IDIOT'S WILL STILL BLAME BUHARI FOR THIS, IT'S A MUST...SMH...Y'ALL BETTER BE CAREFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL..................
Posted: at 2-08-2016 05:29 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
. So na Arabic and Islamic go please us. I can see u are d brainwashed type and maybe none educated person Dats why u can concur to dis. For goodness sake we have better educated intellectuals dat can handle those post than an Islamic clerics.
Posted: at 2-08-2016 08:13 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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