mary Onyia
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed the immediate past registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede for another term of five years.
Also, appointed by the president are the former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abubakar Rasheed and Hamid Boboyi, all of whom were among the top executive officers of agencies within the ministry of education, who were reappointed on Friday.
According to a statement by the ministry of education, the re-appointments were in line with the recommendation of the minister of education, Adamu Adamu.
The statement also confirmed Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe as registrar and chief executive officer of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).
A new director and chief executive officer, Promise Mebine, a professor, was appointed for the National Mathematical Centre for a tenure of five years.
The statement reads in part; “President Muhammadu Buhari, has, upon the recommendation of Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, approved the reappointment of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed.
“The two appointments are for a tenure of five (5) years each, with effect from 1st August, 2021.
“Also reappointed is Dr. Hamid Bobboyi as Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for a second and final tenure of four (4) years with effect from 1st August, 2021.
“It will be recalled that Mr. President had earlier approved the reappointment of Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe as Registrar/CEO of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) for a second term of four (4) years to sustain the efforts at sensitizing Nigerians on the critical role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and business subjects in the new knowledge economy.
“To give further impetus to mathematics education, approval was also granted for the appointment of Prof. Promise Mebine as the Director/Chief Executive of the National Mathematical Centre for an initial tenure of five (5) years with effect from 17th August, 2021.”
Mr Oloyede had in response to the memo from the ministry that all affected education agencies should hand over to the most senior directors at the agencies, handed over the baton of leadership at the examination body to the director of information technology services, Fabian Okoro, at the expiration of his first five-year-tenure.
Other agencies under the ministry still without a substantive are still awaiting announcement of their reappointments.