Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, on Monday, again directed the nation’s tertiary institutions to stop the conduct of post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

“Those who have already advertised for the conduct of the post-UTME under any guise should stop the exercise immediately as any university caught conducting it will face appropriate sanctions.

“If any tertiary institution has conducted the post-UTME, such an exercise stands annulled and money taken from candidates must be returned immediately,” Adamu said in a statement.

The minister, who made this known through the Deputy Director (Press and Public Relations) in the ministry, Mr. Ben Bem Goong, also directed the National Universities Commission and appropriate departments in the ministry to “communicate this directive to relevant agencies and institutions to ensure strict compliance.”

The minister has also summoned all vice chancellors and rectors to an emergency meeting over the post-UTME,findings by our correspondents have revealed.

The meeting, it was learnt, would hold tomorrow in Abuja. Adamu, while declaring open a Combined Policy Meeting on admission to universities, polytechnics and other higher institutions, three weeks ago in Abuja, scrapped the post-UTME.

But findings by our correspondents revealed that many institutions have defied the minister’s directive with some already initiating fresh modalities for the 2016/2017 post-UTME.

For instance, the authorities of the Michael Okpara
University of Agriculture, Umudike, have not only
conducted the exercise tagged “MOUAU 2016 Admissions Intelligence Quotient Screening”, the outcome of the exercise is already on the university’s website.

The university conducted the IQ screening between July 20 and 21.
At the University of Benin, where the two-week exercise kicked off on Monday (yesterday), at its Ugbowo campus, candidates registered for the screening with N2,000.

According its Head of Public Relations, Mr. Michael
Osasuyi, the university will continue with the exercise until it receives a formal directive from the Federal Ministry of Education not to conduct the screening.

“We are doing our admission screening. The minister did not say that we should stop the screening.”
Osasuyi added that the post-UTME was necessary to select candidates from the thousands jostling for less than 10,000 spaces in the institution.

For Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, which has fixed its screening to start from July 4, its Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Chris Adamaigbo, declined comments on why the institution opted for the exercise despite the minister’s directive.

Adamaigbo only directed one of our correspondents to check the institution’s website for answers.
“Please, check our website and you will get the answer to your question,” he said.

At the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, candidates for the screening, which holds between July 5 and 20, registered for it with N2,000.

At the Lagos State University, Ojo, the authorities
demanded N5,000 registering fee for the screening.

Theregistration that started on June 9 ended on June 24.
For the Kwara State University, Malete, one of our
correspondents gathered that the institution had
concluded the post-UTME for the forthcoming academic session with the candidates paying N3,500.

The authorities of the University of Jos said they had yet to get a clear directive on the issue from the ministry.

The UNIJOS Assistant Registrar, Publications and Protocol,
Mr. Abdullahi Abdullahi, said the university had not
received any official communication to enable it to decide on the new admission procedure.

But for the authorities of the University of Calabar and the Cross River University of Technology, they would wait for the outcome of the meeting with the minister before announcing their position on the process.

The Public Relations Officer of UNICAL, Mr. Effiong Eyo, said on Monday, “Tomorrow (Tuesday) all the vice- chancellors in the country will be meeting wit

Good development

wasn't the meeting supposed to be today?

I just love this , he stand by his words

2years ago the minister would have yielded and rather try to bend his decision



I stil believe nigeria need military dictator as president who doesn't yield to anyone.

crutech all d way and 4 d minister may una do fast impliment dis thgz nah maarh enter skul.

but dat of uniben didn't hold today ..how come Mr. Michael is saying that the exercise will continue?

Swazzkid:
but dat of uniben didn't hold today ..how come Mr. Michael is saying that the exercise will continue?

bcause e was confused.

godwinif:
bcause e was confused.

well he should confusedly refund our money

Swazzkid:

well he should confusedly refund our money

nah weitin i dey try 2 tell am be dat.

godwinif:
crutech all d way and 4 d minister may una do fast impliment dis thgz nah maarh enter skul.

lol after how many years make you come enter school sharp sharp.
Lol da owo abadie na?