FULL SPEECH OF JAMB REGISTRAR ON 2016 ADMISSIONS
Full speech of JAMB
Registrar, Is-Haq O. Oloyode’s speech at technical meeting on
2016 admissions.
I welcome you all to the 2016 First (1st)
Technical Committee Meeting
on Admissions into First (1st) Choice
Institutions. It gives me great
pleasure that my first formal ceremony
as JAMB Registrar/CE is this Technical
Committee Meeting holding in Kano. It is
more pleasant to me that in the almost
four (4) decades of JAMB, this is the first
time that the Technical Meeting would
hold in this ancient and cosmopolitan
city of Kano. I appreciate the Vice-
Chancellor and the Principal Officers of
Bayero University, Kano for accepting to
host this meeting within a short notice. It
is, for me, an extension of the goodwill
which the Government and people of
Kano have always extended to me. Kano,
for so many reasons, is my home.
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, each
year the Board convenes the meeting for
the placement of suitably qualified
candidates into tertiary institutions taking
into consideration the:
v vacancies available in the institutions;
v guidelines approved for each institution
by their respective proprietors;
v preference expressed for the
institutions and courses by the
candidates.
As usual, the 2016 admissions, will be as
smooth as ever. The only difference
between this year’s admissions process
and what has always been the practice,
is the policy that there should be no
written post UTME test. All other
processes should and will be as they
have always been. The Senate or
Academic Board of each institution has
the prerogative of admitting candidates to
their respective institutions subject of
course only to National Policies which
includes:
i. guidelines stipulated by the proprietors
of the institutions,
ii. 60:40 (Science/Art) ratio for
Conventional Universities,
iii. 80:20 (Science/Art) ratio for Non-
Conventional Universities,
iv. 70:30 (Technology/Non-Technology)
ratio for National Diploma Awarding
Institutions,
v. Use of 2016 JAMB UTME results
printouts for all candidates who scored
180 and above,
vi. adherence to subject combinations of
various courses as specified by the
Senate/Academic Board and included in
the 2016 UTME Brochure,
vii. adherence to the 2016 Admissions
Quota as prescribed by the Regulatory
Bodies (NUC/NBTE/NCCE) and
viii. for Federal Universities, the criteria
stipulated by the Federal Executive
Council concerning Merit, Catchment and
Educationally Less Developed States
should be complied with.
In the discharge of this National
assignment, it is important that we act
with focus on what is beneficial to the
largest number of Nigerians. We must
avoid adding to the burden of the masses
of our people who rightly yearn for
higher education as a veritable means of
active participation in public life.
While urging us to work hard and exhibit
commitment, synergy and cooperation
between the Board and the institutions, I
assure you all that the hands of
fellowship which my predecessors have
extended to the institutions would be
strengthened for the advancement of
National goals. My immediate
predecessor, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde OON in
particular and his predecessors in
general have lifted the Board to an
enviable standard of international repute
and we cannot afford to do less.
Your Excellency, Your Highness,
distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it
must be made categorically clear that the
task of JAMB is coordination and not
substitution of the traditional
responsibilities of the Senates/Academic
Boards of tertiary institutions.
Consequently, no candidate must
emanate from any other source (JAMB
inclusive) outside the list prepared and
recommended by the institutions. JAMB
has the right to reject candidates for non-
compliance with extant rules and
regulations but will not be allowed to
substitute or originate any names without
the prior concurrence of the institutions.
We should ensure that the admissions
exercise is concluded before or by the
approved deadline of 30th November,
2016.
To whom much is given, a lot is
expected. I thank the Government and
people of Kano State, who along with
Bayero University, Kano have provided
us with conducive working environment
and warm hospitality.
I wish us a successful deliberation.
Thank you.
PROF. IS-HAQ O. OLOYEDE, OFR FNAL Registrar/
ChiefExecutive
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