Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculating Board (JAMB) has stepped down from his position.
Oloyede, along with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Universities Commission, Prof Abubakar Rasheed; and 12 heads of other agencies in the Ministry of Education on Monday, handed over to the most senior officials in their agencies.
This was done at the expiration of their tenures.
However, Oloyede and some other affected officials are eligible for reappointment for a second term by President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently in the United Kingdom for an education summit and medical check-up.
JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, in an interview with The PUNCH disclosed that Oloyede handed over before a directive came from the Ministry of Education.
“Prof Oloyede handed over already before we got directives from the Ministry of Education,” he said.
Other heads of agencies and corporations who also handed over include the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Hameed Boboyi; Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe of the National Business and Technical Examination Board; Prof. Sunday Ajiboye of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria; Afolabi Aderinto of the Computer Registration Council of Nigeria; Prof. Garba Azare of the National Teachers Institute; and Prof. Michael Afolabi of the Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria.