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2019 UNN Post Utme details to be announced any moment from now. Stay on the alert guys!

UrchMannie:
Thanks again.
My brother from Delta state scored 281 in JAMB and filled in Medecine. What do you think will be a safe score to get in via the merit list.
Also, what do you think is the best way to prepare for the UNN post utme?

Sorry again for my late response. Your brother has a good UTME score and with his state of origin, I will say Post Utme score close to that or better will surely get him medicine admission via merit.
For best ways to prepare for UNN post Utme, aside obviously preparing for Exams well ahead of time, there is a well written article on tips to successfully gain admission into UNN. Check the article out on the following link; https://unn-edu.info/2015/05/successfully-gain-admission-into-unn.html.
All the Best

UNN Admission Tip 4: [For Biological Sciences and other Related Faculty applicants]

If you are an average student (say your JAMB score hover around 200 and 220) and you wish to study Biochemistry or Microbiology whose cut-off marks are usually around 240 in UNN, you may want to choose COMBINED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES as your first choice course.
Many applicants don't know about COMBINED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, but this wonderful double honours degree allows students the opportunity to study combined degree courses (e.g. Biochemistry/Microbiology, Microbiology/Botany, Biochemistry/Zoology etc.). The combinations are set during registration in school, after admission must have been granted. To get a "perfect" or your choice combination, rush to school immediately you are admitted and meet the Faculty officer.
It is important to target getting admitted to this course via primary admission list as it may become as difficult as "Medicine" to get during supplementary admission, LOL.

UrchMannie:
Thanks @Lyndy69 this is by far the most helpful post I’ve seen online on UNN 2019/2020 admission.
Please respond to my email, I’d need advise for my brother who filled in Medicine in UNN as first choice.

My apologies for the late response. I have been away for a while.
I really will prefer you ask your question here, even if hypothetically. That way all, users here will also benefit from the answer. Do have a great day

UNN Admission Tip 3:
Plan Strategically and get your first Choice Course.
By this I mean, choose a first choice course you stand a better chance at getting. How do you do this? Check the previous unn departmental cut off mark for admissions and ask yourself if you can make such average score from your UTME and Post-UTME.
It is ok to believe in yourself that you can move mountains with strong will, but the fact remains that there are just too many candidates going for the "prestigious" courses and only a few can be admitted. Also, the "not-so-prestigious" courses becomes tougher to get during supplementary admission, so always aim to get admitted via the primary admission list. Here is a practical example why you should; In the past, a particular brilliant and above-average UNN aspirant who chose Medicine as first choice course had an average score of 268 after Post Utme but was not admitted via primary list as the cut-off mark for medicine was 285 that year. The aspirant then purchased the supplementary admission shopping form for N10,000 and chose Biochemistry which had a cut-off mark of 240. Now, because of the so many applicants for Biochemistry during the supplementary admission, the cut-off mark for Biochemistry went up to 270 and this brilliant aspirant missed out of admission that year, whereas someone that chose Biochemistry as first choice and scored 240 same year got admitted via primary admission list. The unfortunate candidate still had a similar experience the following year, and still doesn't appear to have learnt his lesson. This shouldn't happen to you reading this at this time. Time waits for no one! Your graduation age matters, if you plan on hunting for job in Nigeria. Job hunting is getting tougher for older graduates in Nigeria

UNN Admission Tip 2:
Be Careful with Your Subject Combimations.
I will like to believe that you all chose your UTME subjects carefully, in accordance with the guidelines on the 2019 JAMB brochure. For those that are currently going for change of course and those that will later on go for supplementary admission after UNN post utme, please make sure that your new course of choice aligns with your subject combinations. A particular UNN aspirant in the past, who originally went for medicine & surgery but didn't meet the admission cut-off mark, was denied supplementary admission into Mechanical Engineering, despite meeting the admission cut-off mark for Mechanical Engineering simply because his subject combination (English, Mathematics, Physics, and Biology) does not have Chemistry required for Mechanical Engineering in UNN.

Donwyz:
hmmm.na wa o....anyway thanks for your response. I appreciate....we would be banking on you for updates. thanks and God bless

You are welcomed. I will be providing updates as often as my time permits. God bless you too. Cheers

The University of Nigeria Nsukka, to a very large extent, follows the Federal Government admission policy which states that institutions should admit candidates based on 45% Merit, 35% Catchment Area and 20% Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS).

Donwyz:
. good job
pls do they also adhere to catchment and ELDS. for example does someone from Cross river stand a chance of getting in

Sure! As matter of fact, candidates from outside the south east, especially from the Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS), stand better chance at getting admitted into UNN than candidates from the southeast. This is surprising but true! A couple of factors made it so.
1) Majority of secondary school leavers seek university education in the southeast. We are talking hundreds of thousands of university admission seekers yearly. These candidates mostly choose UNN for the name, reputation, proximity etc. and because UNN can not possibly admit all of them while following the Federal Government admission policy, majority of south eastern candidates miss the opportunity of getting admission into UNN.
2) On the other hand, candidates outside southeast assume they don't stand a chance in UNN because of "tribalism" thereby leaving a lot of space for other catchments areas and ELDS vacant. In the past, some candidates from the south east, while applying for JAMB, even went as far as changing their state of origin to any of the ELD states to successfully gain admission into UNN. Lol

An up-to-date edition of the Total Victory UNN Post Utme past questions and Answers is now available at various locations natiowide. Please visit the following link to know the place nearest to you to get a copy of the book; https://unn-edu.info/unn-post-utme-past-questions-tvss-unn-post-ume-past-questions-and-answers

JAMB has just announced 160 as minimum score for admission seekers into public universities, will UNN go by the 160 cut-off mark or go by the previously used 200?

UNN Admission Tip 1:
To successfully gain admission into UNN, you should choose your course wisely.
So many candidates that apply for admission into UNN choose courses like Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Economics etc. Because of the limited admission space in those departments, their admission cut-off mark are set very high to as much as 290+ forcing other intelligent candidates that even scored up to 270 to miss out of admission. Some might argue, “Let me try first, if I don’t get it as first choice, I then go for supplementary” but the bad news is that supplementary admission can even be tougher than merit admission. I will tell you more about that in subsequent posts.

The UNN university community in Nsukka is predominantly an academic environment but there are other side attractions that will cater for the social side of life and make your stay here fun. We will delve more into that later on on this thread.

The University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN was recently ranked 2nd best in Nigeria according to the 2019 Webometrics ranking. No wonder it is among the most sought after universities in Nigeria and thus tough to get admitted into.
I and hopefully, other graduates of this great institution will be regularly sharing tips and other up-to-date info that will help your dreams of getting admitted into UNN come true

Follow this thread also to get all the latest Unn news.

It's another admission year and hundreds of thousand of Jambites will be jostling for the few available space in our Nigerian universities.

For candidates that chose the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as their first or second choice institution in this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), I will be providing you with as much information as I can towards actualizing their dream of getting admitted into the University.

Please, note that at the time of this post, 2019 UNN post Utme form is not yet on sale! So don't be misled by anyone. As soon as it is, you will see it on the official website of the university www.unn.edu.ng.

Unn screening exam usually holds around the month of July yearly. However, the date for this year's Unn post utme screening has not been fixed. Whenever it is announced, you will be the first to know about it here.

The minimum JAMB score set by UNN for candidates intending to participate in the Post Utme screening exams of the institution had been either 180 or 200, but mostly 200 in the past few years. However this year's cut-off mark has not been fixed.

cc: Lalasticlala Ishilove Seun

I think I agree with the writer to a large extent

Here is an interesting article we stumbled upon on Facebook and thought we could share with you.
Read the full article below and don't forget to share your opinion using the comment box at the end of the post. Have a blessed day!

THE POINT SYSTEM: THE BEST MISTAKE OF THE CENTURY
By Chibuzo Celestine.

It is no more news that most schools have already adopted and are still adopting the point system for determining the scores of her aspirants. Well to some people (those with nice WAEC results), it might be an unexpected blessing and to others it's a huge blow. I was among the protagonists of the new point system because it favoured most of my friends but recently, I gave myself a hard pinch and I came back to my senses by cogitating the effects of this new system on our Educational system especially the type of graduates we will be expecting from 2020 onwards if this point system is not changed to something better.

Now let's analyse this policy with its overall defects: Your WAEC result, as it stands now determines to a great extent whether you will be an undergraduate or not. And this is not healthy for the country. If it was in 1980s and 1990s when Waec was a true test of knowledge, I would have welcomed this policy with open arms but now, I can say with no fear of contradiction that 98% of the Secondary Schools in Nigeria are in one way or the other Special Centres.

Gone are the days when Government schools as seen as exam-malpractice-free-school. Even Missionary schools headed by Rev Fathers give their students assistance inside the hall all in the name of protecting the image of school. Getting A's in Waec is now a normal thing which is no more celebrated and Jamb, (not minding the irregularities that always mar it) is seen to some extent as a better test of knowledge than WAEC. In the previous years, Students sit for Jamb and to cover the defects of Jamb (UTME), schools conduct post UTME which has been an avenue whereby they fish out some of those aspirants that in one way or the other participated in Exam Malpractice.

Am not against the scrapping of the post-UTME but it will be appropriate to compare this present mode of screening called the point system to what we had before which defined Merit to some extent.

Since WAEC is now what determines an aspirant's chances of getting admission, the rate of Exam Malpractice in Waec will increase to an unreasonable level. Whenever I think about this new screening method, I ponder on the type of Graduates in form of Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Economic Planners, Accountants etc we will be expecting in the year 2020. Given the current method of screening (points system) unqualified candidates will be admitted ignoring gurus who probably, wrote WAEC when WAEC was WAEC and had a little deficiency in their results.

Given the current Social and Economic Problems we are experiencing in this Nation, this new Screening method is supposed to be the last change we should make in our educational sector because for us to restructure the Economy, which is not what will actualize in the next decade, attention should be paid to the Education sector because it's the source of manpower with which we can Come out of this pit we are in. If this new screening method which lays great emphasis on WAEC result is the only option, then it's better to leave it the way it was by bringing back the post UTME.

To avert the consequences of this new point system, I implore the FG to take a step back by annulling the new point system which she has introduced and providing for something better which will give equal opportunities to all aspirants and enthrone at least an atom of meritocracy in the admission process.

Also, Jamb should try and effect some improvements in her system of examination which will minimize Exam Malpractice and make it once again a TRUE test of knowledge just like it was in the 1990s. With this, I draw my curtain.

Source: http://unn-edu.info/2016/08/interesting-article-on-the-new-point-system-of-admission.html

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has come up with an idea I am sure a lot of students and indeed stakeholders in the education sector will be happy about.

The University has now made it possible for students to rate their lecturers and help them win awards by nominating and voting them in various award categories from Best Dressed Lecturer to Most Outstanding Lecturer in Research/Publications. The awards will be presented in a social event to be attended by both staff and students of the university at the Nsukka campus of the institution.

Objectives of UNN Staff Awards.

UNN Staff Awards is designed as a reward system to honour a select number of the staff who have distinguished themselves in different areas of life and for their outstanding accomplishments, character, integrity and the noble example they have set for their peers.
The awards are also to be presented to global figures that have attained extraordinary achievements and/or are role models to today’s youth based on global ideals of creativity, entrepreneurship, and in arts, sciences, leadership, technology, and service to humanity.
The University of Nigeria Staff Awards was conceived as one of the ways to encourage quest for knowledge.
To address the lack of critical thinking and creativity that has become the bane of our society, by rewarding and celebrating excellence.
To redefine leadership from a more holistic and humanistic perspective, as against the widely held political notion which equates leadership to ostentation, corruption, means of perpetuating dominance and inequity as is the case Nigeria and most developing countries of the world.
To rekindle the spirit of education as service to humanity by emphasizing on achieving satisfaction from meeting needs and deemphasizing expectation and dependence on rewards.
Inspire and reward Staff and individuals practicing good teaching and leadership in the institution
Encourage staff to relate with the students within and outside the classroom
Create a social avenue or platform where staff can socialize with the students at least once a year.

Award Categories.

SOCIAL:

Best Dressed Lecturer (Male and Female) – This goes to the Teaching Staff with the most admired unique style of dressing, with emphasis on cleanliness (head to toe) and an exquisite wardrobe.
Most Influential Lecturer (Male and Female) – This goes to the Teaching Staff that is of exceptional and considerable importance and reputation within and beyond the University community because of his/her personal strides.
Most Popular Lecturer (Male and Female) – This goes to the Teaching Staff that is well-known and is regarded with approval
Most Punctual Lecturer – This goes to the Teaching Staff that is strictly observant of class and board meeting times.
Most Friendly Lecturer (Male and Female) – This goes to the Teaching Staff that is always willing to talk and engage in activities with other people, he or she is inclined to associate with or be in the company of others. Friendly to staff and students.
Security Personnel of the Year – This goes to the Security person with passion for the job and the most likeable characteristics, he is friendly to both staff and students.

LEADERSHIP:

Departmental Head of the year – (The Departmental Head of the year Award is presented to an outstanding Head of Department; one who has the aspiration, inspiration and enthusiasm to grow the department, with demonstrable results. Of particular importance is how he or she has responded to the challenges facing the operating system of the department and how he or she has contributed to the performance.)
Faculty Dean of the year – (The Faculty Dean of the year Award is presented to an outstanding Dean of Faculty; one who has the aspiration, inspiration and enthusiasm to grow the faculty, with demonstrable results. Of particular importance is how he or she has responded to the challenges facing the operating system of the faculty and how he or she has contributed to the performance the departments in the faculty.)
Director of the Year – (The Director of the year Award is presented to an outstanding Director of Institute, Center or Unit; one who has the aspiration, inspiration and enthusiasm to grow the Institute/Center/Unit, with demonstrable results. Of particular importance is how he or she has responded to the challenges facing the operating system of the Institute/Center/Unit and how he or she has contributed to the performance.)

CREATIVITY:

Most Innovative Lecturer – This award goes to the academic Staff who has introduced new/different ideas or methods while still carrying out his/her duties to the university.

Most Outstanding Lecturer in Research/Publications – This award goes to the academic Staff the most outstanding creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in other to increase stock of knowledge. This work would have been made available to the public, even if it is just to the department or in a particular journal.

UNIVERSITY STAFF OF THE YEAR
(The biggest award for the night; This Award is presented to an outstanding Lecturer/Staff; one who has the aspiration, inspiration and enthusiasm to teach or support students, staff and the institution, with demonstrable results. Of particular importance is how he or she has responded to the challenges facing the operating system of the school and how he or she has contributed to the school’s performance locally and internationally.

Source: http://unn-edu.info/2016/05/unn-staff-awards-2016.html:

lyndy69:
If you clicked on this post and you are expecting to see the real Achebe, sorry because Achebe died on March 21, 2013. Yes, he died but his spirit lives on.
See what this young man wrote on Facebook;

cc lalasticlala seun

If you clicked on this post and you are expecting to see the real Achebe, sorry because Achebe died on March 21, 2013. Yes, he died but his spirit lives on.
See what this young man wrote on Facebook;

Dr. Eze na Ukpo. Lol

The 2016 Convocation ceremony of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, will see five distinguished Nigerians honoured with Doctorate degrees for their philanthropic and dedicated services to the country and humanity.

They are, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe; a former Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Commassie; Ambassador Godwin Alaoma Onyegbula; Prince Arthur Eze and Hon. Justice Eze Ozobu.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor B. C. Ozumba, made this known at the pre-convocation media briefing held at UNEC on Monday, 15th February, 2016.

The media briefing heralds the 45th Convocation ceremony of UNN for the 2014/2015 graduating students, which holds between Monday, 15th to Sunday 21st February, 2016.

Prof. Ozumba stated that the university will graduate a total of 13,554 first degree and diploma students.
From the breakdown of degree results, 85 bagged First Class Honours; 3,040 Second Class Honours (Upper Division); 7,286 Second Class Honours (Lower Division); 2,237 Third Class Honours and 257 Pass. Diploma 176 and Associateship Certificate in Education 4.

The VC congratulated the graduating students and wished them a happy convocation.

Source: http://unn-edu.info/2016/02/convocation-2016-igwe-achebe-arthur-eze-others-to-be-honoured-with-doctorate-degrees.html

Cc : Lalasticlala , ishilove

For fear of having the powers that be victimize me and because I intend to be blunt in this article, I would rather be anonymous. I am a Jambite who is greatly angered by JAMB with their unpopular policy of choosing or should I say, forcing schools on people. Honestly speaking I am writing in a fit of apoplexy.

I am the first son of a widow. My father who was a bus driver with a renowned transport company in the country died in a ghastly motor accident. I was twelve when he passed on. Growing up, although daddy was hardly around, we had everything we needed. If not for anything, at least I was in a very good and expensive school when he was alive. Although the transport company tried making things a lot easier for my mum and his four children when my father died, four years after that we were totally forgotten. I don’t blame them that much because their business started dwindling two years after dad’s death. As much as I won’t want to bore you with the story of my life, the truth is that we started feeding from hand to mouth when my father died.

With the entitlement my mother was paid, she started the business of selling cloths. Considering the state of things then, my mum did not think twice before she moved I and my siblings to a public school; it dawned on her that she needed to cut down on expenditure. Our food which was always studded with meat and fish seldom saw a piece of meat after daddy’s burial­­­­_____ that was the part that we hated then most. Having given a little about my background let me go straight to the matter at hand.

Recently, JAMB came up with a policy which, to yours truly, is barbaric, callous and totally unacceptable. I mean, where in the world are people forced to accept things which are not their choice? This is like the proverbial saying of taking a horse to a river, only that in this case Ojerinde and co are trying to force the horse to drink from the river. Of course I understand that this policy came up as a result of their desire to balance things and ensure that a greater number of people got admission this year; caution, should however be their watchword. You don’t do things because you think you can do them. In my opinion, for JAMB to go ahead in choosing schools for Jambites would tantamount to gross injustice on the part of the candidates. It is, in short, an impediment on people’s freedom of choice. Honestly, I don’t see any sense in this unpopular policy.

Sometimes when these men and women that we think should know better make policies and decisions you can’t help but think they are reasoning from their anus. Come to think of it, JAMB came out some weeks ago to tell us that for degree award institutions their cut off mark is 180 while that of polytechnics and colleges of education should be 150. Why would they now wake up to implement a policy that has kept not just Jambites but also their parents on their toes? A friend of mine told me that this policy of shipping people to schools which they hitherto did not apply is determined by their JAMB scores. They also told us that it was because too many people applied certain schools. I want to remind Mr. Dibu of an English expression that says, “The more the merrier.” For crying out loud, allow us to go and slug it out. Let’s struggle for the limited space and at the end those who did not make it would be happy that at least they where allowed to fight. For the record, that you scored higher than me in JAMB doesn’t mean you would do the same in PUTME. It doesn’t even me that you’re more intelligent than I am.

It is totally wrong for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to be the ones deciding the school that XYZ candidate should be posted to. They had already done that by reducing the number of university choices which Jambites used to have to one. Dibu Ojerinde, why take that choice away from us now? You should rather pay attention in cutting down the cost of university education especially in these private universities that I heard you’re planning to ship people into. In fact, just like NANS said some days ago, I also think you have taken bribe. Tell us, Ojerinde, how much did they pay you?

This policy would have been a welcomed development if things are equal (or at least near equal) in the universities we have in this country. How can I: the first son of a widow who is finding it difficult to feed afford the tuition fee that most of these other universities pay? Just imagine, I bought JAMB form, applied to study Law in UNN. God knows that I studied all night, wrote JAMB and scored 236 only to wake up to see that JAMB has hit me with a sledge hammer. Honestly, if I end up being among those that would be forced against their will to go to these XYZ universities where people pay through their nose; Ojerinde, if you try it with me, God knows that the thunder that will fire you and your generation is still doing press up! Allow us to go to our choice of institution and take our chances. “You pays your money and you takes your chance,” that’s an English expression. Dibu, check the meaning if you don’t understand it.

Another disadvantage of this stupid policy is that it came at the wrong time. For crying out loud, we have taken time to prepare for the Post UTME screening of the respective schools that we applied. I, for one, took time to go through UNN Post UTME past questions and answers from 2005 till date. Yes, I made use of the preparatory booklet they call Total Victory Solution Set. So, if you now ask me to go and write post UTME elsewhere at this eleventh hour, that would disorganize me.

I started this write up by giving a hint of where I’m coming from_____ my background. My late father (God bless his memory) loved education. He had always told me that one day I would be his Lawyer. And before God who made me, I have struggled on empty stomach to come this far. My mother is there at the shop where she sells clothes hoping that I would make it to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, but Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, in his cosy office, has decided to put a road block on my way. Although I don’t know where the tide would go but the spirit of my late father, I’m sure, would come after JAMB if at the end I’m among those who would be transported to God knows which expensive private university.

Prof. Dibu Ojerinde and his bunch of short sighted allies should know that it’s not all about being given admission; it’s about being able to pay the tuition fee. It’s also about being happy in the environment where you find yourself. Quote me anywhere, Dibu, with the way he’s going, would end up breeding unhappy undergraduates. Yes, they are in school but they are not happy. This, I’m sure, will have a couple of negative ripple effect.

People would rather be happy that they tried their choice but at the end, due to stiff competition, it didn’t work out. If JAMB does not put an end to this madness it would leave a lot of young people mad!

I have said my mind. QED.

Written by Anonymous.
Source: http://unn-edu.info/2015/07/jamb-must-stop-this-madness.html

Contrary to reports in the media that over 20 University of Nigeria Nsukka students lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday (4th of June, 2015), the school has released an official statement clarifying that the accident claimed the life of only one UNN student identified as Anatogu Nkolika Sylvia, a 300 level Veterinary Medicine student. Read the full press release below;

[b](Information and Public Relations Unit) June 03, 2015.

Press Release
Demise of UNN Student in a ghastly motor accident

This is to confirm that the ghastly motor accident that occurred at the 9th Mile, Enugu (6pm yesterday) claimed the life of a 3rd level Veterinary Medicine student of the UNN. She has been identified as Anatogu Nkolika Sylvia who hails from Onitsha.

She was one of the three deceased persons whose bodies had been deposited at Our Saviour’s Hospital mortuary by the Police at 9th Mile, assisted by the FRSC personnel.

Information and Public Relations staff, who visited the scene, observed that 2 Peace Mass Transit buses and a tanker were involved in the accident.

The police are continuing with investigations as to the cause of the accident, while the parents and relations of the deceased are pleading for the release of the corpse of their ward.

Meanwhile, the University of Nigeria management commiserates with the deceased student’s relations and other victims of the unfortunate accident.

Okwun Omeaku – Chief

Ag. P.R.O.[/b]

I will rather live in a failed country and be a successful individual than vice versa. My father, so many years ago told me that failure is a choice. Also, in the pages of the few motivational books I have been opportune to read, ‘failure sets in when you stop trying.’ Some even say that success means to rise up many times more than you have fallen. But, on this Independence period, I, Ordinary Justice, have no intention to motivate or confuse you. I also have no intention to say some ambiguous or impracticable stuff. On the contrary I shall be dropping what I call FACTS.

In the 53rd year of this country and in the twenty something years I have trodden upon the soil of this our collectively called motherland, I see people wearing long faces as if they are bereaved. When I inquired, I found out that their headache is the failure of government rather the loss of a beloved one. Instead of rising up to the occasion and doing something to oust or transform the leadership, they gather for hours discussing and murmuring under the table about how the country and her leadership has failed. The end result of this long hours of unnecessary discussion and argument is that, they themselves end up in idleness. An expression I saw somewhere says, “An activist is not a person that discovers that the river is dirty but he who does something to clean it up.”

The thing is, ‘As we never chop belle full for this country, there is no need expending the little energy we have arguing about the failure of government.’ In your locality, just try and be the change that you crave for. Rather than discuss the failure of this country, do your best not to contribute to her already decaying image. Always resist the temptation of sitting in your small office, school or home arguing about the leadership of this nation and blablabla; that’s a waste of precious time. If you must complain or probably argue, find your way to Nigeria Info, 95.1FM Abuja, Radio Nigeria and so many other media houses in the country. This way, your words will fall on the right ears and your grievance, I suppose, will be properly noted. Or better still, you can write to the National assemble or even the Presidency like I’m writing right now. If you ask me, instead of wailing and complaining to everyone you see on the road, I will rather you take to the street and protest PEACEFULLY.

I used to tell people that until we decide as individuals not as a nation, to do the right things, we will forever continue going round and around. Until we stand out as individuals to say NO to corruption and other issues that has held us down, we will continue to sweat under air conditioner. ‘Forget’ Mr. President and do what you have got to do! Sincerely, sometimes I don’t even remember that I have a governor in my state until I hear his siren on the highway. However, I wake up each day and try as much as possible to do my best diligently. Nigeria may have failed in her fifty third year, but God forbid that you and I will fail. Let’s, to the best of our ability do our best every passing day. If fellow countrymen and women like the late Albert Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Adichie, Emeka Anyoku, Blessing Okagbare, Asa, Tuface and so many others could rise above the failures of this country, then why not you?

Nigeria may have failed woeful or however you want to put it, but I, ORDINARY JUSTICE (aka O.J) will NEVER fail! Of course, I have got a heavenly Father who does not fail.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE!



A WORD TO A SLEEPING GIANT

BY JUSTICE E. EBEDE

Giant!

Potential giant of my time

The tropics is your home

Yet you trouble your own

Leaving them to smile through hopelessness

While you abound in beauty and splendor

O latent giant of the tropics

Where do we go from here?

Giant!

Glorified giant of Africa

You thrive like a midget

Dancing a ballet

You make your home unbearable for her own

Chasing rat when your house is on fire

Your wards scatter all over the world

O! Latent giant of our time.

Giant!

Potential giant of my time

You make us go haywire

At your hostile nature we cringe

At the ALUU four I frown

That armless species are endangered

Latent giant of the tropics

Rise up from this oppression!

Giant!

Crawling giant of the tropics

I cry,

That the bodies of the innocent litter the streets

Although not like in Sudan or Middle East

But explosion rock in the crowd of many

Now I hear that familiar sound in a Mall in Kenya

Who shall save this latent giant of the tropics?

Giant!

Struggling giant of my time

You strive every now and then

But with muscle power is taken after a tussle

Yet they bamboozle and embezzle

When we have no morsel to swallow

Latent giant of the tropics

Arise and arrest imposters in power!

Giant!

As you celebrate at this time

Your five decades and three

In abundance you fare like sucking

When shall you grow up?

Shall you forever remain a baby?

O! Latent giant of the tropics.

Why mop when they mess up the labour of our past heroes?

Giant!

Potential giant of my time

Why should BH insurgency counter your stride?

Shall we continue to live in a country?

Where ASUU is not a footballer yet she strikes more than Messi

Where a political party is one but doubles in the face of crisis

Where we have black gold yet poor and deprived

Where our flag portrays fertility yet we know Mr. Hunger

Potential giant of the tropics

I shall continue to see hope in your hopelessness

I see a future in your marginalized youths

In your desolate streets,

Shall we continue to hope and pray

Even as I search like Diogenes the critic

I have no doubt you will rise tomorrow from the dust of today!


HAPPY INDEPENDENCE, NIGERIA!

Source: http://unn-edu.info/2013/10/independence-charge.html

Let me start by congratulating you for being eligible for the screening examination. Indeed you fought a good fight to have crossed the first hurdle. However, this is not to say that those who could not make up to the mark are less intelligent. I will rather consider them as people who are unlucky. The story of a young man who made 179 in Jamb and applied UNN as his first choice is still fresh in my mind. He called me on a Sunday night with a voice filled with anguish. I felt for him and even wished Jamb had dashed him a mark. At least, that would have given him what I call ‘the 180 mark of eligibility’ to apply and sit for the screening in UNN. Well, the truth is, “There is no free meal anywhere in the world, even in Freetown.” In my opinion, that young man should have studied a little bit more to earn the mark he desires.

I must state emphatically at this point that writing Post UME does not ultimately qualify you for admission, however, it brings one closer to getting admitted into the school(s) he/she made his/her choice(s). To make it clearer, if you are qualified to write Post UME in any school, you are like a man that is standing right at the gate of heaven with angels to decide whether you would or wouldn’t enter. That, as the Holy book teaches is dependent on the kind of life you lived on earth. If, after the grilling, you are found righteous, then heaven is your home; if not, your guess is as good as mine. So, my dear Jambites, don’t be carried away by the aesthetic sight you would behold in your university of choice (The word aesthetic is used here with some reservation because I am aware that a lot of schools in this part of the world are still on their way to joining their counterparts in the world).

To drive home my point, let me do what I will like to call Five simple but difficult things you need to know before or during your Post UME

1) DON’T BE CARRIED AWAY BY A HIGH JAMB SCORE WHICH IS NOT YOURS

Before I make my point under this heading, if you know that JAMB result in your possession is not yours then I think you need to sit down and begin to ask yourself questions. Permit me to be a little mean, if that result that bears your name is another man’s effort, then you are nothing but a thief! Hope you still remember what happens to rogues in this part of the world____ imprisonment.

The worst thing that would happen to you is to have a very high score (not just in JAMB, but in any exam) which is not a product of your ability. What it does to you is that all through your life you will have a false knowledge of yourself. In fact, you are just like a faulty car that has defiled the expertise of a motor mechanic. You don’t function well on the road yet when you arrive a mechanic workshop no one would know where to fix you.

My friend would always say, “I’ll rather fail today and pass tomorrow than pass through another man’s benevolence today and fail tomorrow.” The first time I heard those words from Geoffrey, I thought he was talking gibberish until I heard the story of a girl who passed very well in school but when she came out to face the world with the education her parents paid for without owing a dime, she could not even make a correct statement in all the interviews she attended. When she eventually got a job through man-know-man syndrome, she could not even function practically in her chosen carrier____ her course of study. Well, dear friend, I coined my own expression from my friends’, “Instead of waiting for another man’s benevolence to pass today, why not prepare yourself yesterday to pass today and also pass tomorrow.” What I mean is ‘Don’t contemplate failing today at all because you’ve got all it takes.’ The truth is, you are not a failure until you stop trying____ ask Abraham Lincoln he knows better.

2) PREPARE ADEQUATELY

A young girl once asked me, “Justice, what do you mean by adequate preparation?” To be honest with you, I caught myself stammering while trying to answer that question. What I later told her that struck me was that there is no adequate preparation. Just do what needs to be done and you will be close to the horizon where adequate preparation dwells.

3) DON’T GO FOR THE SCREENING EXAM WITHOUT YOUR CONFIDENCE

Cowards, like they say, die many times before their death. If you are going for post UME and each time you hear the date for the exam your mind jumps into your heart, I think you have a lot to do in this area. The fact is that confidence does not exist in a vacuum. It is like a lame man that must be propped up by something all the time. If you have not actually studied, or like they say in my alma mater, ‘if you have not covered’ then confidence would be far away from you. In fact, it’s a mirage. Permit me to say, “Those who have covered are highly covered.” It is very annoying to be in an examination hall, and in a question of about one to sixty, you read from No.1 to No, 10 and you don’t know the answer to anyone. Guy, I hate being in that position!

I must say, something here, even if you have not ‘covered’ please try and build your confidence before entering the examination hall. If possible, invoke it by Amadioha.

4) DO NOT ACT AS IF YOU HAVE ABRAHAM AS FATHER.

It annoys me wherever I hear expressions like, I know a professor in that school, my father/mother is the admission officer, the JAMB registrar is my son, I have somebody that will work it for me…” Haba! What kind of intimidation is that? So people who do not know the Pharaoh that knows Joseph should go and dive into the lagoon abi? Well, even if the VC of the school you applied is your mother’s brother that seniors your Father, please don’t be too loud mouthed about it. Just go tell that to the birds.

My dear, don’t mind me; It seems I’m sounding very tough on this one. It’s not my fault because I hardly know anyone anywhere. I’m just a dark well built young man who is not even known in his locality. I have come to understand that when something eludes us, we tend to be too judgmental or should I say bad tempered about it. Abeg, if the VC na your papa sister friend please stick to him and don’t mind me. In fact, na jealousy dey worry me.

On a more serious note, even if you are related to the president, there are some scores that can’t fetch you admission, at least in UNN which I know relatively well. My friend who runs a cyber café once told me about printing the Post UME result of someone who made 280 in JAMB. Guess what? His Post UME result was 45/400. Na wa o! The fact is that if the man-know-man factor is first on your list, then it will cloud your mind that you won’t care about preparation. Onye nnaya noo na alaeze o na eje oku mmuo? He whose father is in heaven has no business in hell.

5) MISCELLANEOUS INFO

Under this heading I want to talk about just two (2) things ____a) Proper information b) The God Factor

a. Proper information:- I can’t remember where I first heard the expression, if you are not informed you’re deformed. A young girl called me sometime ago and was asking me the nature of UNN Post UME exam. For me, that was wisdom which the Bible says is profitable to direct. It is irritating to know that some nonchalant youths go into the hall even without knowing the nature of the exam they are about to write. That reminds me, in the university of Nigeria, after taking out time some years ago to see what people prepare and call it UNN Post UME Past question, I and some of my friends- people of integrity, decided to come up with a comprehensive UNN post UME past questions and answers known as TOTAL VICTORY PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. I can bet my life on the fact this book was painstakingly, expertly and professionally done. It is authored by Nwodo Kelvin and it has Arts and the science categories.

b. The God factor:- This is saving the best for the last. My dear, if you like sabi the VC o, the Registrar o, the Admission officer o. In fact, even if you like make president Obama be your pally, if God says ‘no’ nobody can say yes!

All the best! In fact, see you on your matriculation day; I will show up if you give me an IV. Rice and Stew Very Plenty (RSVP)
Source: http://unn-edu.info/2013/07/are-you-writing-post-utme-read-this.html

Hi dear, hope you don’t mind if I take a little time from your busy schedule. Of course I know you are seriously thinking of returning to your study desk right now. Let me start by painting a picture in your mind through this story.

(Chike’s eyes waters as he stifles a yawn) “My God, UTME is just some hours away and I’ve not covered my syllabus. Jesus Christ, I thought I had a whole year, now is just around the corner. What’s wrong with me?” he hissed. This was exactly what I did last year and my result was nothing to write home about. Gosh, I can’t believe I’m writing a computer based exam and I had been this lackadaisical with preparation. I’m finished,” he hisses again.

(Chike kneels down and tries to pray) “Oh God, you know I’m your child and the holy book says that we shall be the head and not the tail. You also say in your word in Exodus 14:14 that you shall fight for us and we shall keep our peace. Father, I’ve kept my cool all these while; my JAMB exam is just some days away. Send Angel Michael to come and help me.”

He continues praying, “Holy Mary mother of Christ pray for me. Angel Gabriel fight for me. (He stands up from where he had been kneeling for long and makes the sign of the cross. His eyes darted around the familiar room until his gaze rested on his Blackberry phone. He shakes his head in regret as it suddenly occurred to him that he has given his phone more time than he had done for his books) What sought of rubbish computer based exam are this people planning to do this time. Ojerinde you better take time o! Maybe one of these days they will tell us that JAMB exam will now be done by pinging. Well, if they try-am God knows I go smash-am. (He laughs at his dry joke).

(The monologue was still going on when suddenly PHCN restores light. The season movie he was watching prior to the time power was interrupted came alive on the TV screen. He turns it off and sighs). These idiots una no want make I read abi? (He picks his Ababio Chemistry from where it is lying on the floor, dusts it and sits down to read. Twenty minutes into the reading his phone begins to ring)

(He picks the phone and speaks into the mouthpiece) Otamgbe, my guy, kedu nke neme? What’s happening?

Otamgbe : My guy e don show!

Chike : Wetin don show?

Otamgbe: Guy, which kind question be that one. Are you a learner? Keske nafio. Chemistry don show life!

Chike: Oh, my God, thank you! (he punches his fist in the air) I knew it! (he rushes out in a hurry)…

“What a story,” you will agree with me.

My dear, the purpose of this long article is to bring to your notice, the pathetic situation of quite a number of people. I want to believe that your situation is not like Chike’s. Somehow, although not by witchcraft, I saw you burning mind night candles.

Please, I have a few things to say to you, dear. Just grab a glass of water, take a sip and relax while I take you through what I know will be important to you. Even the Bible says that the wise man shall hear and increase in his wisdom. Have you taken the sip? Then let’s go!

Dear, I want you to know that JAMB is not your enemy; it’s just a step that will launch you onto a higher level where you will need to take more steps along the rungs of academic ladder. I, for one, did not have the privilege of gaining admission at my first JAMB (this is not your portion), but one thing kept me focused____ my dreams. Let me pause to say that dreams are better than academic certificates. If you’ve got none, please try and have one. I am a lad that was jammed by JAMB a number of times, but I refused to let go of my dreams. Well, let’s leave my story for another time. However, I want you to know a dream is what keeps you going when other things has failed you.

Like I already pointed out, you need to know that JAMB is not an enemy that must be defeated by whatever means____ malpractice. On the contrary, it is a test that has to be attacked by hard work (study). You may not have prepared fully; you may not have read your textbooks cover to cover, but there is just one thing you need to do away with____ FEAR. An acquaintance gave me the acronym for FEAR as:

F>> False

E>> Evidence

A>> Appearing

R>> Real.

No matter how lacklustre your preparation had been, you can still make it. Not by malpractice but by believing in yourself. Telling yourself that you can do it has a way of calling all the powers within you. Truth be told, the JAMB that gave me admission into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka some years ago was not the one I prepared for the most. It was the one I wrote believing in myself and in the one that says He will never leave me or forsake me. Of course I did it without malpractice.

I don’t want to take much of your time, as I know you want to return to your revision. Please, even if you forget all that I have said in this article, don’t forget to do this: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! A man wrote a book and titled it, You Can if You Think You Can. As I round off, I shall from time to time reach you through this medium, even after your JAMB. I shall write to you when you start preparing for Post UTME. But before then, if you have any kind of response, email me at: talk2justman@ yahoo.com

I will like to end with the words of Barrack Obama, “YES WE CAN!”
http://unn-edu.info/2013/04/are-you-writing-jamb-this-saturday-you-must-read-this.html

I don't see anything wrong with Mrs Ezekwesili's speech. If you can take out time to actually read and digest the full lecture, you 'll get to appreciate it. It's a call to duty!
http://unn-edu.info/2013/01/unn-convocation-lecture-delivered-by-obiageli-ezekwesili-on-thursday-january-24-2013.html