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pointofview2019:
I believe everyone is entitled to freedom of speech.That been said, i have a few things i will like to address. To the person that wrote this article, you have done a good job pointing out how the A.B.U system works, kudos for that, but you left something critical out. you claim your article is intended to point out to those who are islamizing the situation the process of the Institute yet you also pointed out the fact that this young lady did not get admission because she was 7th in the listing from her state. I attended A.B.U from 2010-2014 and i was admitted with 230 points in my jamb. So with all due respect your argument in the aspect of cut-off score does not hold water. I also am a muslim and it is true that many times when a "muslim based" Institution or person is involved in this kind of news that it is quickly islamized but that should be the basis of this article. A.B.U has done injustice in my point of view denying the lady admission with such worthy grades but the reason is not islamically based. please be just in your write ups. They cannot be completely right in doing what they did been that people with lesser grades get into the Institute. May Allah Grant us the ability to be unbias. ameen.

There are usually two explanations for such anomalies; one is the real reason for the action, the other is what the public gets told is the reason.

Quota system is the reason nothing works in Nigeria. The educational system is consistently watered down to fit / reward the lifestyle of the lazy and uninterested people mostly from Northern Nigeria, while the deserving ones are being short changed and frustrated. Yet, we expect improvements in the country. This is the same scenario across all sectors of the Nigerian economy.

The funny thing is that a level playing field devoid of or with very minor quota system would have helped the disadvantaged regions to improve and catch up, instead of the slowing down of every other region to make the disadvantaged regions look not too far left behind. Now we have a nation that is the laughing stock of others that were at par with it a few decades ago.

The question is will this girl and others constantly being deprived like her not be better admitted based on merit than those ones with 180 and even less JAMB score?

This is why when matters of development are being discussed, there is a wide gap in the understanding across the North and South of Nigeria.

Nigeria should have remained with the regional / parliamentary system of government so that regions develop at their own paces.

Sighs!

traihit:
That's a very silly excuse, so silly not only because cut-off mark for university is 180, the candidate had over 300 even though ABU would still admits students scoring less than 200 for the same exam. How then do we battle exam malpractices when individuals like the said candidate will diligently prepare for an exam, come out in flying colours and still be denied admission? Meanwhile, some on the alter of unprogressive and outdated sentiments be given the same admission. For how long is Nigeria going to drag herself underdevelopment?

Snowale:
It's better you stop hating, millions of northerners everyday including me, curse for those that are against us, our haters, our enemies. Our prayers is that our enemies will never prosper, to the extent that they will keep shouting and shouting and shouting, they won't have the power to touch us a little bit. Stop hating it's for your good

Hating on you? It's obvious you'll do worse if you're in position of authority. You already have Boko Haram and banditry...your people are even now recruited for highway robbery and kidnapping in the South. Continue in your self destruction..

traihit:
That's a very silly excuse, so silly not only because cut-off mark for university is 180, the candidate had over 300 even though ABU would still admits students scoring less than 200 for the same exam. How then do we battle exam malpractices when individuals like the said candidate will diligently prepare for an exam, come out in flying colours and still be denied admission? Meanwhile, some on the alter of unprogressive and outdated sentiments be given the same admission. For how long is Nigeria going to drag herself underdevelopment?

It's a Nigerian thing, I think the Catchment Area System should be abolished or the percentage reduced.

But on a serious note, no MBBS student in ABU Zaria scored less than 300 in JAMB. It's a FACT!

Fine geh

MoIbrahim:
Honestly *the person who wrote this piece “Injustice to one is injustice to all” is completely ignorant of the process of admission in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria,*

For those of us that wrote Jamb 3 times passed all and failed to secure admission whom also are from the catchment area of the University felt the same way but later got to understand the process & how it works!

There are some unique facts about ABU that we must appreciate which includes among so many others; ABU is the most cosmopolitan University in the whole of Africa not even Nigeria �� it’s no news that ABU Zr has students from each and every of the 774 local governments in �� which makes it a mini ��.

When it comes to teaching staff, ABU is the only record holder of having atleast 1 senior staff from each and every of the 36 states in Nigeria and it has remained so till date. So in essence not even the University of Abuja that is in the heart of Nigeria can boast of having students from all the 774 local governments or a staff from each of the 36 states in the Country. Then we should be proud of ABU Zr.

I can personally attest to the fact that in each and every Departmental admission guideline clearly spells out three criteria’s and is religiously adhered to which includes: 1. Merrit list 45% of the total students admitted to the dept (Atleast 2 to 3 students with the highest score from each state). 2. Catchment area list 35% (like any other university in Nigeria ABU considers students from its selected States as it catchment area). & 3. Less Educationally developed states list 20% (in other to give candidates in some selected states that are not as educationally developed as the others a chance to be in ABU as they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand their colleagues from the opposite side) which makes 100% for each department and in doing this no state is left out. Please tell me which other University in Nigeria can say same of their institution? I’ll tell U the answer for free “NONE”.

As regards the case of one *Goodness Thomas, she would have made it for the MBBS Merit list from her state but unfortunately she was number 7 on the list in terms of jamb score from Niger state* and only the first two were picked as it is in d case with all other 36 states and the FCT, she also wouldn’t have made it for the 2nd & 3rd criteria for admission as the number from the Medical and Dental Board limits ABU MBBS to only 120students per session so please do the maths how would U have admitted Goodness into MBBS and justify it even if U are on the admissions committee?

It is also important that I call the attention of the writer of this mischievous piece, that Goodness Thomas was quick to change her 1st choice to ‘Anatomy’ from MBBS seeing she didn’t make the 1st list and she was admitted in the 2nd list of admission which she accepted gladly and quickly, so why are people been mischievous and sharing very wrong information on social media?

I have seen the list of about 25 candidates this year alone from Kwara, Benue and Kogi states who scored above 300 and didn’t make the list for MBBS but unfortunately their representatives don’t have social media handles to speak out on their behalf.

This year alone ABU received more than 40,000 qualified candidates which is the largest number of applicants for any university in Nigeria and Jamb gave ABU the clearance to take in 11,000 candidates which is also the highest number any university is taking in this year, so who will speak for the over 29,000 qualified candidates? Even ASUU is crying that accademic staff are over stretched due to the number of lecturer to student at the moment.

As it stands, ABU is among the 1st generation of universities in Nigeria and there has been plans from the management under the leadership of Prof. Ibrahim Garba with support from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and the Ministry of Education for ABU Zr to Migrate into a fully pledged Post-Graduate University and that can only happen if the number of undergraduates intake is cut by more than half the number its currently taking in.

So please let’s call all mischief makers to order and if anyone has any issue on admission of a candidate to write to the University rather than embarking on campaign of calmuny on social media to dent the reputation of a University we all hold Dear.

Abubakar A Rafindadi.

IAmStrange:
And some people were attributing it to Islam, calling it Islamic agenda.

Many began to spite the school, calling it all sorts of derogatory names, with Islam in the picture.

WaLlohi, the minds of many of these people are dark and evil, the Muslims have just become too weak to expose them.

Indeed, it's the truth what Allaah said:

“Never will the Jews nor the Christians be
pleased with you (O Muhammad) till you follow their religion"

It's Islamophobia that will kill some people.

Did a story not come up one time of Covenant university rejecting admission to one Muslim guy in a similar fashion like this?

Did anyone shout Christianization?

When a Muslim does something, they attribute it to Islam. If it's the other way round, you won't hear such a thing coming from us.

Why are you all so deeply obsessed with Islam if you do not fear for its greatness and try to talk it down or criticize it at any given chance?

The reality is that many of these people are just insincere, sick-minded hypocrites!

Imes is coming! Imes is coming! The world should prepare.

The reality of your true selves, how evil your hearts are actually and how foolish your arguments and philosophies are will soon be exposed to the world when Imes comes.

All of you should continue! Imes will be making you all famous; yes, the whole will know you all for your evil and hypocritical ways.

By the time Imes will come, humiliation will be your companion. humiliation will be your nick names. You will all wine and dine with humiliation unless you repent and turn towards truth.

When Imes comes, it will be the end of your era and the beginning of a new one.

When Imes comes, it will be game over for many of you hypocritical lots

Imes is coming, You should all get prepared!

And you are free to wail and attack me on mention. That's your way and it will only make your humiliation more interesting when Imes eventually shows up.

Imes, we await your coming

You made it more plain that its an Islamic agenda, if not why compare ABU with a private school owned by a church

[quote author=IAmStrange post=85057898]And some people were attributing it to Islam, calling it Islamic agenda.



God bless u Sir

OGHENAOGIE:
you think Abu is so primitive that folks from 36 states won't apply... you guys are ethnic jingoist... d issue has been dealt with just continue to ask questions already answered... we need more schools to cater for people simple... kaduna alone has citizens from all 36 states... Abu is one of the top 5 prestigious university in Nigeria and d entire north... take a trip to Abu u would see Southerners who school there even in maiduguri southerners still go there how much more Abu...

I should ignore you because you are not the Op, but let me respond as follows :
I don't do sentiment in my analysis of issues. Any opinion you can't support with facts is a lie.
This op isn't the spokes person for ABU, and he rushed to spew this "There are some unique facts about ABU that we must appreciate which includes among so many others; ABU is the most cosmopolitan University in the whole of Africa not even Nigeria �� it’s no news that ABU Zr has students from each and every of the 774 local governments in �� which makes it a mini ��. lie." lie number 1.
Also transparent admission should be published for the public to see. Everything else is a shame. When a school is called out like the case of ABU, it should be their position to show how transparent they have been in carrying out the admission process. Is that too hard for u?
"

OGHENAOGIE:
you think Abu is so primitive that folks from 36 states won't apply... you guys are ethnic jingoist... d issue has been dealt with just continue to ask questions already answered... we need more schools to cater for people simple... kaduna alone has citizens from all 36 states... Abu is one of the top 5 prestigious university in Nigeria and d entire north... take a trip to Abu u would see Southerners who school there even in maiduguri southerners still go there how much more Abu...

The truth is that an average Nigerian youth or maybe an average youth on Nairaland is so un-exposed that they can hardly boast of having been resident is a state outside their geographical area.

When you read some of the comments here, you are almost forced to cry inward.

That is the sorry state.

MoIbrahim:
Honestly *the person who wrote this piece “Injustice to one is injustice to all” is completely ignorant of the process of admission in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria,*

For those of us that wrote Jamb 3 times passed all and failed to secure admission whom also are from the catchment area of the University felt the same way but later got to understand the process & how it works!

There are some unique facts about ABU that we must appreciate which includes among so many others; ABU is the most cosmopolitan University in the whole of Africa not even Nigeria �� it’s no news that ABU Zr has students from each and every of the 774 local governments in �� which makes it a mini ��.

When it comes to teaching staff, ABU is the only record holder of having atleast 1 senior staff from each and every of the 36 states in Nigeria and it has remained so till date. So in essence not even the University of Abuja that is in the heart of Nigeria can boast of having students from all the 774 local governments or a staff from each of the 36 states in the Country. Then we should be proud of ABU Zr.

I can personally attest to the fact that in each and every Departmental admission guideline clearly spells out three criteria’s and is religiously adhered to which includes: 1. Merrit list 45% of the total students admitted to the dept (Atleast 2 to 3 students with the highest score from each state). 2. Catchment area list 35% (like any other university in Nigeria ABU considers students from its selected States as it catchment area). & 3. Less Educationally developed states list 20% (in other to give candidates in some selected states that are not as educationally developed as the others a chance to be in ABU as they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand their colleagues from the opposite side) which makes 100% for each department and in doing this no state is left out. Please tell me which other University in Nigeria can say same of their institution? I’ll tell U the answer for free “NONE”.

As regards the case of one *Goodness Thomas, she would have made it for the MBBS Merit list from her state but unfortunately she was number 7 on the list in terms of jamb score from Niger state* and only the first two were picked as it is in d case with all other 36 states and the FCT, she also wouldn’t have made it for the 2nd & 3rd criteria for admission as the number from the Medical and Dental Board limits ABU MBBS to only 120students per session so please do the maths how would U have admitted Goodness into MBBS and justify it even if U are on the admissions committee?

It is also important that I call the attention of the writer of this mischievous piece, that Goodness Thomas was quick to change her 1st choice to ‘Anatomy’ from MBBS seeing she didn’t make the 1st list and she was admitted in the 2nd list of admission which she accepted gladly and quickly, so why are people been mischievous and sharing very wrong information on social media?

I have seen the list of about 25 candidates this year alone from Kwara, Benue and Kogi states who scored above 300 and didn’t make the list for MBBS but unfortunately their representatives don’t have social media handles to speak out on their behalf.

This year alone ABU received more than 40,000 qualified candidates which is the largest number of applicants for any university in Nigeria and Jamb gave ABU the clearance to take in 11,000 candidates which is also the highest number any university is taking in this year, so who will speak for the over 29,000 qualified candidates? Even ASUU is crying that accademic staff are over stretched due to the number of lecturer to student at the moment.

As it stands, ABU is among the 1st generation of universities in Nigeria and there has been plans from the management under the leadership of Prof. Ibrahim Garba with support from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and the Ministry of Education for ABU Zr to Migrate into a fully pledged Post-Graduate University and that can only happen if the number of undergraduates intake is cut by more than half the number its currently taking in.

So please let’s call all mischief makers to order and if anyone has any issue on admission of a candidate to write to the University rather than embarking on campaign of calmuny on social media to dent the reputation of a University we all hold Dear.

Abubakar A Rafindadi.

Sir, I hope you made your research before bringing out all this statistics about the so called ABU, there are universities that receive more applications. You can check Jamb annual statistics.
Sir, you can only justify this if you can tell us outrightly that all the candidates given admission performed quite well than this lady. Tribalism, nepotism and religion bigotry can't be separated from this aforementioned university and that's the main reason we are not going anywhere in this country. Lecturers from other regions are being sidelined in virtually all appointments, so stop given us all those 36 states stuffs. Please call a spade what it is.

MoIbrahim:
MODs for balanced reporting, I suggest this response should also go to the FP

The public are well excused to be ignorant about admission process that is not completely transparent and the guidelines published.
There are no published list of admitted students to validate all the claims made by the writer. There are also no verifiable facts stated by the writer. They could at least state the name of the top 7 and their scores from Niger State as claimed.

Merit List should be publicly available for confirmation since they are supported by facts. Merit List that is still based on state of origin is not a pure merit list.

Finally, I can easily debunk the statement that ABU has the highest number of qualified applicants because the record from JAMB lists Unilorin at the top spot and the figures do no match with those claimed by the writer. Ref: https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/23/jamb-names-uniilorin-abu-uniben-subscribed-universities/

If I can debunk one publicly available fact, then others in the writers statement are subject to questioning.

traihit:
That's a very silly excuse, so silly not only because cut-off mark for university is 180, the candidate had over 300 even though ABU would still admits students scoring less than 200 for the same exam. How then do we battle exam malpractices when individuals like the said candidate will diligently prepare for an exam, come out in flying colours and still be denied admission? Meanwhile, some on the alter of unprogressive and outdated sentiments be given the same admission. For how long is Nigeria going to drag herself underdevelopment?

These are mutually exclusive events.....this post has cleared the air about any wrong doing in denying the lady admission. Which to an unbiased mind is valid.

When a close friend of mine was denied admission last year in UI with 319 in jamb no media carry such news as it is probably a normal thing for the high rank UI to do ?

A lady was equally denied admission(medicine) with 320 in jamb in OAU, nobody cares about that either.

Tribalism lives in blood

@Op u just don't need to give them this much attention. Your eyes go soon clear when ABU is done implementing his new policy on medical school admission. Admitting southerner is largely affecting their every year turn out and still we won't appreciate that.

OGHENAOGIE:
you don't know what's is called merit score otherwise you won't type this nonsense last 2 years a boy from borno was the highest in jamb and got scholarship to American university adamawa.. some of u think aboki are all dumb guy wake up....

He that has not being to other people's farm always think his father has the largest farm.

That is the sorry situation of the Nigerian youth.

damtan:
I am not even understanding all these jargons. Did the said girl met all the academic requirements to study medicine? If she does, she should be granted her choice. And I even thought all these catchment area nonsense has stopped in federal universities.
Musa is finally tired jare

How's that possible when NUC limit ABU to take only 120 students for the session. And over 2000 applicants meet the requirements.

traihit:
This is not even about religion and tribalism. That's too petty. But by supporting what happened in that school, you've supported the assassination of hardwork, diligence and meritocracy and thus, you are not qualified at all to complain about the failure in Nigeria's system anymore.

there is a procedure for admission.....if that procedure was followed, then there is no problem.

Guy, your logic here no set at all. The point you are struggling to debunk, "most qualified", means the number that passed SSCE and JAMB. Not most subscribed that you are sharing here. Understand?

Babinski:
The public are well excused to be ignorant about admission process that is not completely transparent and the guidelines published.
There are no published list of admitted students to validate all the claims made by the writer. There are also no verifiable facts stated by the writer. They could at least state the name of the top 7 and their scores from Niger State as claimed.

Merit List should be publicly available for confirmation since they are supported by facts. Merit List that is still based on state of origin is not a pure merit list.

Finally, I can easily debunk the statement that ABU has the highest number of qualified applicants because the record from JAMB lists Unilorin at the top spot and the figures do no match with those claimed by the writer. Ref: https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/23/jamb-names-uniilorin-abu-uniben-subscribed-universities/

If I can debunk one publicly available fact, then others in the writers statement are subject to questioning.

MoIbrahim:
Are you a JAMB official? Or the faculty dean?

I went to a federal uni

I was intimate with many

I KNOW FOR SURE that is the case.

Our system is rigged and corrupt


But in ABU defence, it's not just them it's federal unis nationwide

Snowale:
Those groups you mentioned killed more Muslims than any other religious group, they bombs more mosques than churches, they are mostly found in Islamic states and countries where the the destroys the social amenities. Google is your friend

Yoruba Muslim, how dies that justify the evil committed by Islamic terrorists

Odogu9195:
Lol shebi is the same ABU wey my friend wey score 183 they study political Science lol. Baba forget it if you get bribe money you no get all this wahala. People wey they write jamb 2/3 times no the pass them no get money na him make. You need to understand Naija na country where due process no they work

political science and mbbs are they the same? Seems most of you know nothing about MBBS

Babinski:
The public are well excused to be ignorant about admission process that is not completely transparent and the guidelines published.
There are no published list of admitted students to validate all the claims made by the writer. There are also no verifiable facts stated by the writer. They could at least state the name of the top 7 and their scores from Niger State as claimed.

Merit List should be publicly available for confirmation since they are supported by facts. Merit List that is still based on state of origin is not a pure merit list.

Finally, I can easily debunk the statement that ABU has the highest number of qualified applicants because the record from JAMB lists Unilorin at the top spot and the figures do no match with those claimed by the writer. Ref: https://dailypost.ng/2019/05/23/jamb-names-uniilorin-abu-uniben-subscribed-universities/

If I can debunk one publicly available fact, then others in the writers statement are subject to questioning.

Thank you very much!

How can merit be involved
When there is still state of origin in the mix?

Is that sensible?

MoIbrahim:
I can personally attest to the fact that in each and every Departmental admission guideline clearly spells out three criteria’s and is religiously adhered to which includes: 1. Merrit list 45% of the total students admitted to the dept (Atleast 2 to 3 students with the highest score from each state). 2. Catchment area list 35% (like any other university in Nigeria ABU considers students from its selected States as it catchment area). & 3. Less Educationally developed states list 20% (in other to give candidates in some selected states that are not as educationally developed as the others a chance to be in ABU as they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand their colleagues from the opposite side) which makes 100% for each department and in doing this no state is left out.

From this statement, there is no merit in the admission process at all.

What is claimed as merit is actually quota system.

Snowale:
I use to think yoruba's are smarter than other tribes, seems you are an exemption. The post said she is the 7th best from Nigeria state with 302 and that is verrrry possible.

Ode! Bring out the list of first six candidates that scored over 302.
You are just low in quality up there

ObongNizz:
The foolish quota system that has given us a dullard like Buhari as president is what is at play here. The quota system will be the death of this nonsense country. Whoever will be refusing a score of 302 admission and give the same admission to one mugu that scored 181 is an educated fool. That's why we have all these foolish northerners in all the best job positions.
Even common entrance will tell you that pass mark for Sokoto is 2. Is that not madness?!
How can someone just arbitrarily decide that only 2 students be admitted from Niger state?
Are you people well at all?
I nor blame una.
Na the yeye parents wey allow their genius pikin to apply to an Almajiri university that will victimize the girl that I blame.
Better pikin, go and write SAT and Cambridge and leave their shithole school for them.
You deserve to study where intelligence is celebrated.
Let the abokis and mallams go and die with their stupid quota system.
Nonsense Buhari, Northerners and APC.

Why didn't she choose her state university? Because she knows 302 is to low for MBBS, ABU the most competitive university in the North, she has the 7th best result from her state, they can't admit more than 3 per state, because the max number of MBBS student they can accommodate is 120, 3*36=118, they also have matric students they must admit, even without catchment area or ELDS, she can't still get admitted, MBBS is a very competitive course, that's why she was awarded another course. Stop being a religion or tribal racist.
My advice to you, stop hating, there are millions of Northerners, and Hundreds of Million of Muslims, that pray day and night again their enemies, haters, we pray our enemies will never prosper, evil will continue to be on their way, and they would never be fortunate enough to be able to touch us. So, stop being amoung those that our course will manifest on. I'm sure you also pray against your enemies

zomoears:
The admission policy is an affront to meritocracy.
How do you explain the fact that 302 did not get admission,but 205 got it? Most of the complaints are about this policy that fails to reward hardwork and diligence, but rewards mediocrats based on state of origin. And clearly, you are in support of this backward policy that has placed incompetent people at the helm of affairs in Nigeria simply based on their state of origin.

How Naija go develope?

Even if ya pa na Dean, you won't get admitted with 205

Bedwyr:
Anatomy is hardly a course for dull people.

It can be tough , and as tough as medicine.

Plus, many Anatomists train the future doctors too. Your Surgeon would have been nowhere without an anatomist teaching him or her were the bits and pieces are, the varations on the bits and pieces, and how they work.

Don't mock other courses.

I don't mock other courses as I didn't study medicine and surgery. The truth is that medicine compared to other causes, is considered better with great prospect and advantage.
1. It's not graded. A student comes last in his class, they still call him doctor.
2.A doctor is always employed at a higher grade level than an anatomist. In fact it takes anatomist 10years Of hard work to reach the entry point of a doctor in the civil service. Etc. I hope this explains my point

pointofview2019:
I believe everyone is entitled to freedom of speech.That been said, i have a few things i will like to address. To the person that wrote this article, you have done a good job pointing out how the A.B.U system works, kudos for that, but you left something critical out. you claim your article is intended to point out to those who are islamizing the situation the process of the Institute yet you also pointed out the fact that this young lady did not get admission because she was 7th in the listing from her state. I attended A.B.U from 2010-2014 and i was admitted with 230 points in my jamb. So with all due respect your argument in the aspect of cut-off score does not hold water. I also am a muslim and it is true that many times when a "muslim based" Institution or person is involved in this kind of news that it is quickly islamized but that should be the basis of this article. A.B.U has done injustice in my point of view denying the lady admission with such worthy grades but the reason is not islamically based. please be just in your write ups. They cannot be completely right in doing what they did been that people with lesser grades get into the Institute. May Allah Grant us the ability to be unbias. ameen.

How did ABU did injustice?

prodigyevans:
Who will believe that in a state as NIGER, that we have over 7 persons that scored over 320?
This is just a silly way of exonerating themselves from outright nepotism!!!
Hiw many candidates can score over 320 in jamb nationwide let alone, NIGER state where we are believed to have over 7persons score over 320

I think the score you are referring to is 302

pointofview2019:
I believe everyone is entitled to freedom of speech.That been said, i have a few things i will like to address. To the person that wrote this article, you have done a good job pointing out how the A.B.U system works, kudos for that, but you left something critical out. you claim your article is intended to point out to those who are islamizing the situation the process of the Institute yet you also pointed out the fact that this young lady did not get admission because she was 7th in the listing from her state. I attended A.B.U from 2010-2014 and i was admitted with 230 points in my jamb. So with all due respect your argument in the aspect of cut-off score does not hold water. I also am a muslim and it is true that many times when a "muslim based" Institution or person is involved in this kind of news that it is quickly islamized but that should be the basis of this article. A.B.U has done injustice in my point of view denying the lady admission with such worthy grades but the reason is not islamically based. please be just in your write ups. They cannot be completely right in doing what they did been that people with lesser grades get into the Institute. May Allah Grant us the ability to be unbias. ameen.

Please, where you admitted to study MBBS? It seems you don't completely understand what's happening here?
Most people you see with very high scores in jamb usually apply for MBBS. So it's very possible for her not to secure an admission with an aggregate less than 300

[quote author=MoIbrahim post=85057661]Honestly *the person who wrote this piece “Injustice to one is injustice to all” is completely ignorant of the process of admission in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria,*

For those of us that wrote Jamb 3 times passed all and failed to secure admission whom also are from the catchment area of the University felt the same way but later got to understand the process & how it works!

There are some unique facts about ABU that we must appreciate which includes among so many others; ABU is the most cosmopolitan University in the whole of Africa not even Nigeria �� it’s no news that ABU Zr has students from each and every of the 774 local governments in �� which makes it a mini ��.

When it comes to teaching staff, ABU is the only record holder of having atleast 1 senior staff from each and every of the 36 states in Nigeria and it has remained so till date. So in essence not even the University of Abuja that is in the heart of Nigeria can boast of having students from all the 774 local governments or a staff from each of the 36 states in the Country. Then we should be proud of ABU Zr.

I can personally attest to the fact that in each and every Departmental admission guideline clearly spells out three criteria’s and is religiously adhered to which includes: 1. Merrit list 45% of the total students admitted to the dept (Atleast 2 to 3 students with the highest score from each state). 2. Catchment area list 35% (like any other university in Nigeria ABU considers students from its selected States as it catchment area). & 3. Less Educationally developed states list 20% (in other to give candidates in some selected states that are not as educationally developed as the others a chance to be in ABU as they are at a disadvantage and cannot stand their colleagues from the opposite side) which makes 100% for each department and in doing this no state is left out. Please tell me which other University in Nigeria can say same of their institution? I’ll tell U the answer for free “NONE”.

As regards the case of one *Goodness Thomas, she would have made it for the MBBS Merit list from her state but unfortunately she was number 7 on the list in terms of jamb score from Niger state* and only the first two were picked as it is in d case with all other 36 states and the FCT, she also wouldn’t have made it for the 2nd & 3rd criteria for admission as the number from the Medical and Dental Board limits ABU MBBS to only 120students per session so please do the maths how would U have admitted Goodness into MBBS and justify it even if U are on the admissions committee?

It is also important that I call the attention of the writer of this mischievous piece, that Goodness Thomas was quick to change her 1st choice to ‘Anatomy’ from MBBS seeing she didn’t make the 1st list and she was admitted in the 2nd list of admission which she accepted gladly and quickly, so why are people been mischievous and sharing very wrong information on social media?

I have seen the list of about 25 candidates this year alone from Kwara, Benue and Kogi states who scored above 300 and didn’t make the list for MBBS but unfortunately their representatives don’t have social media handles to speak out on their behalf.

This year alone ABU received more than 40,000 qualified candidates which is the largest number of applicants for any university in Nigeria and Jamb gave ABU the clearance to take in 11,000 candidates which is also the highest number any university is taking in this year, so who will speak for the over 29,000 qualified candidates? Even ASUU is crying that accademic staff are over stretched due to the number of lecturer to student at the moment.

As it stands, ABU is among the 1st generation of universities in Nigeria and there has been plans from the management under the leadership of Prof. Ibrahim Garba with support from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and the Ministry of Education for ABU Zr to Migrate into a fully pledged Post-Graduate University and that can only happen if the number of undergraduates intake is cut by more than half the number its currently taking in.

So please let’s call all mischief makers to order and if anyone has any issue on admission of a candidate to write to the University rather than embarking on campaign of calmuny on social media to dent the reputation of a University we all hold Dear.

Abubakar A Rafindadi.

So, because of quota system you claimed your School followed, merit and performance should be thrown into the trash bin? you now mean that somebody who scored far below her from another state will be admitted into mbbs why she go study a course she did not bargain for? When will merits and performances be rewarded in this country called nigeria? this is entirely bad and uncalled for because of stupid quota system you claimed to be operating in your school we have just do away with merit. It's high time we come out of all this nonsense quota and catchment of a thing and do the right as a country. this your narratives does not hold water at all.

austinceasar:
I hardly talk on any matter on Nairaland , but as a pharmacy student in this same ABU and a southern. I must say ABU is one of d most transparent universities in Nigeria, not only because I have over 15yorubas, 6 igbos and 40 other people that are not Hausas as my coursemates

But because
(1). Abu not only admit student in Nigeria alone, but also foreigners
2)ABU is a *federal* school..i.e it's must try as much as possible to admit students from every part of Nigeria

How does a federal school/ABU admit students from every part of Nigeria
1) choose the top 2/3 students from each state
2)As a northern university, more slot must b allocated to d north, because universities in the south also do the same
3)Should it matter if u score 180 and u are d highest in ur state??No, because that's what ur state can offer
4)should u be given admission bcus u score 320 and u are d 4th in ur state?? No, bcus a federal school cannot admit all medicine candidates from Lagos State bcus dey all had 330
5)Should there be education less advantage states in Nigeria?? Yes, for equity sake.


Note:
Before I gained admission and I didn't know much about admission process, I wailed alot about injustice in Nigeria education system, but now I realize dis injustice is justified.

ABU have different Big chapel 4 christians in their Campus, excos are being selected frm all tribes & religion. ABU is amazingly peaceful and free from cultism. And just to mention I'm a Yoruba guy from Ondo state. Bless

You made a good point, but why should a talent like this not reach her potential because of archaic laws, the same people will try to claim her as NIGERIAN, if she goes abroad and succeeds