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NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by ogododo(op): 4:50pm On Jan 13, 2025

The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has threatened to cut off the Federal Government’s grant to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in the 2025 budget proposal over excessive spending.

This decision was made after JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, presented the agency’s 2025 budget proposal to the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives.

According to Oloyede, JAMB remitted N4 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in 2024 but received a grant of N6 billion from the Federal Government.

This sparked criticism from committee members, including Abiodun Faleke and Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who questioned why a self-funding agency like JAMB should receive government allocations.

Faleke asked, “Why not keep the N4 billion and stop government funding for JAMB?” Oshiomhole also slammed JAMB for its expenses, including N1.1 billion on meals and refreshments, N850 million on security and cleaning, and N600 million on local travels. He demanded justification for the N6.5 billion spent on local trainings, asking, “What did you fumigate? Is it mosquitoes that took all this money?”¹

“You remitted N4bn and got N6bn f on the Federal Government. Why not keep the N4bn and we stop. the government from funding JAMB,” the Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Faleke asked.

“You spent N1.1bn on meals and refreshment. Are you being freely fed by the government? What this means is that you are spending the money you generate from poor students, many of them orphans.

“You also spent N850m on security, cleaning and fumigation in 2024.What did you fumigate? Is it mosquitoes that took al this money? ” Oshiomhole asked

“You remitted N4bn and got N6bn f on the Federal Government. Why not keep the N4bn and we stop. the government from funding JAMB,” the Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Faleke asked.

“You spent N1.1bn on meals and refreshment. Are you being freely fed by the government? What this means is that you are spending the money you generate from poor students, many of them orphans.

“You also spent N850m on security, cleaning and fumigation in 2024.What did you fumigate? Is it mosquitoes that took al this money? ” Oshiomhole asked

The former Edo State Governor also slammed JAMB for spending N600m on local travels even as he called on Oloyede to justify the N6.5bn on local trainings.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/nass-threatens-to-cut-jamb-funding-over-n1billion-spent-on-meals-refreshments/

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by blackboy(m): 5:00pm On Jan 13, 2025

No be only them . I'm sure nass spends more. MDA na so them dey do. Cut fire. nass want as share. No be today. Noise makers

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Sirmwill: 5:06pm On Jan 13, 2025

Nigerian Democracy is Government for stealing, to stealing and by stealing

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by saintjimos(m): 5:20pm On Jan 13, 2025

Dem Dem policy

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by slimfit1(m): 5:36pm On Jan 13, 2025

Can you imagine people spending billions to buy newspapers are complaining why others are spending money on food. Kettle complaining why others Kettle are black, how do you day that proverb in English? When NASS cut their budget into half then we will take them serious coming to say what we want to hear and no changes you are not fooling us abeg.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Olenotuka(m): 5:53pm On Jan 13, 2025

The way this country is runned, I fear things may never get better. I fear. Almost everyone is corrupt.
Even the NASS is culpable in this act, but see them forming like they are saints

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by rayvelez(m): 6:20pm On Jan 13, 2025

The way this useless country is being run eeehnn it’s just a pity

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Saao(m): 6:26pm On Jan 13, 2025

That controversial jamb registrar that every of jamb staffs are crying over him. The guy is a thief

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by EbinPawaGovt: 9:40pm On Jan 13, 2025

This is what happens in a country where only one region is producing while others are parasitic.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by ogododo(op): 11:43pm On Jan 13, 2025

Nawa Nlfpmod, so naso JAMB dey deceive pipu. How una go spend N850m for clearing.

Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Lanretoye(m): 2:10am On Jan 14, 2025

Stop government funding and jamb form will increase to 50k.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by olisaEze(m): 2:56am On Jan 14, 2025

People that passed N9.4 billion for the presidency’s refreshment & N344.85 billion for themselves alone, have no moral right to complain because of N1 billion! They have literally turned the country into Animal Farm. The log is right there in their eye but they prefer we focus on the spec in another’s! cool

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Racoon(m): 6:31am On Jan 14, 2025

The famed Prof Oloyede puritist in JAMB has now gone the ways of his corrupt and jailed predecessor - Prof Oyerinde
Corruption in Nigeria is really endemic.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Peakdesign23(f): 6:51am On Jan 14, 2025

Hmmm.... This is so crazy asf.

Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Elusive001: 6:59am On Jan 14, 2025

ogododo:
Faleke asked, “Why not keep the N4 billion and stop government funding for JAMB?” Oshiomhole also slammed JAMB for its expenses, including N1.1 billion on meals and refreshments, N850 million on security and cleaning, and N600 million on local travels. He demanded justification for the N6.5 billion spent on local trainings, asking, “What did you fumigate? Is it mosquitoes that took all this money?”¹

“You remitted N4bn and got N6bn f on the Federal Government. Why not keep the N4bn and we stop. the government from funding JAMB,” the Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Faleke asked.

“You spent N1.1bn on meals and refreshment. Are you being freely fed by the government? What this means is that you are spending the money you generate from poor students, many of them orphans.

“You also spent N850m on security, cleaning and fumigation in 2024.What did you fumigate? Is it mosquitoes that took al this money? ” Oshiomhole asked

“You remitted N4bn and got N6bn f on the Federal Government. Why not keep the N4bn and we stop. the government from funding JAMB,” the Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Faleke asked.

“You spent N1.1bn on meals and refreshment. Are you being freely fed by the government? What this means is that you are spending the money you generate from poor students, many of them orphans.

“You also spent N850m on security, cleaning and fumigation in 2024.What did you fumigate? Is it mosquitoes that took al this money? ” Oshiomhole asked

The former Edo State Governor also slammed JAMB for spending N600m on local travels even as he called on Oloyede to justify the N6.5bn on local trainings.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/nass-threatens-to-cut-jamb-funding-over-n1billion-spent-on-meals-refreshments/

As if Oshomole cares for the poor and orphans. Did JAMB do its PR for the budget well? Did they miss some people?

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Elusive001: 7:02am On Jan 14, 2025

olisaEze:
People that passed N9.4 billion for the presidency’s refreshment & N344.85 billion for themselves alone, have no moral right to complain because of N1 billion! They have literally turned the country into Animal Farm. The log is right there in their eye but they prefer we focus on the spec in another’s!

Meanwhile JAMB should have more workers than the presidency oooo. They are tryna programme their robots to hate the JAMB oga. May be some palms were not grea.......... the other time.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by greatiyk4u(m): 7:39am On Jan 14, 2025

The same Yoruba JAMB Head that was praised to high havens by his media brothers as the only Saint in Nigeria after Buhari is now been exposed as a fantastically corrupt fellow.

Indeed there was a country

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by saddler: 7:42am On Jan 14, 2025

Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by greatiyk4u(m): 7:43am On Jan 14, 2025

Elusive001:
Meanwhile JAMB should have more workers than the presidency oooo. They are tryna programme their robots to hate the JAMB oga. May be some palms were not grea.......... the other time.

This is a very wicked justification
Presidency has more workers who are even residents of the Villa and eat their daily 3sqare meal there, this also includes refreshments for dignitaries and visitors, same can't be said of JAMB.

JAMB has no justification for even 100M refreshments spending in a year unless they have started feeding the candidates

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by ogododo(op): 7:51am On Jan 14, 2025

Na same Oyelede dem dey praise.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by magoo10(m): 9:47am On Jan 14, 2025

1 billion is much but naira has been made worthless by the APC corrupt government.

An average family managing resources spends close 5 million thereabout yearly let alone jamb overseeing offices all over Nigeria.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by SmartPolician: 9:47am On Jan 14, 2025

Yeye NASS! At least the current JAMB remits billions of naira every year to national coffers. How much does NASS members, who enjoy over 20% of our national budget, bring to our national coffers?

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by bewisemasses: 9:48am On Jan 14, 2025

1.1 billion on feeding. A billion is a thosand million o.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Okiton: 9:48am On Jan 14, 2025*

The mandate we shall stand
No going back, this corruption must continue. grin

The funny thing is that after raking in this money from poor candidates, they will neglected them in the hands of fraudulent universities like one federal university in the nation treasure base which will rather sell out the admission to highest bidders, rather than given to those who make it on merit.

Jamb, Nigerian universities, VCs and admission officers of universities are scammers. They don't conduct transparent admissions into Nigeria tatiary institutions.

EFCC shoud look into that school
admission racketeering there is too much

Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Proudlyngwa(m): 9:49am On Jan 14, 2025

Na this Kain news dey sweet me.

Useless Jamb

Hopeless Senate
angry

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Hisroyalbadmeat(m): 9:49am On Jan 14, 2025

Make Una leave JAMB alone,at least Na food Dem carry the money buy, Make una check federal and State wey dey use billions buy News paper and spoons angry

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by AbuTwins: 9:50am On Jan 14, 2025

Nothing should be said until the head of JAMB says his own part!

He who judges a one-sided argument is a bigtime mischief maker!

I know well that JAMB has been remitting billions to FG yearly as surplus!

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Chevrolet076(m): 9:50am On Jan 14, 2025

ogododo:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/nass-threatens-to-cut-jamb-funding-over-n1billion-spent-on-meals-refreshments/

The only reason these shameless people are complaining is because someone else is doing what they're doing. Bunch of thieves.

They're complaining jamb spends 1.1 billion on refreshment but they can buy cars of 150million each abi? Not to excuse jamb but all of them are crooks.

Stupid idiots

Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by Dindondin: 9:50am On Jan 14, 2025

All these spendings are shocking. You will wonder how much could have been used for national development of embezzlement isn't rampant.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by temitope27(m): 9:51am On Jan 14, 2025

Why is oloyede still jamb registrar for how many years now

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by gunners160(m): 9:51am On Jan 14, 2025

The drama between JAMB and the National Assembly feels like a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. On one hand, we have JAMB, a supposed education gatekeeper, turning into a culinary expert with their billion-naira food budget, fumigation escapades, and luxurious travels. Maybe they’ve rebranded as the Joint Admissions, Meals, and Banquets Board? After all, who knew mosquito control and refreshments were such critical components of managing examinations?

On the other hand, we have the National Assembly members, champions of fiscal responsibility (or so they claim), feigning outrage as if their own budgets aren’t packed with questionable allocations. These are the same lawmakers whose sitting allowances alone could fund an entire secondary school for a year. For them to act shocked at JAMB’s spending is a bit like a lion criticizing a cheetah for running too fast—it’s hilariously hypocritical.

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Re: NASS Threatens To Cut JAMB Funding Over N1billion Spent On Meals, Refreshments by SatoshiX: 9:52am On Jan 14, 2025

I hope Prof. Oloyede knows his reputation is on the line here??

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