Buhari sacks JAMB registrar, appoints ex-UNILORIN VC

President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved Dibu Ojerinde, a professor, of his appointment as the registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Bem Goong, deputy director of press at the ministry of education, disclosed this in a statement, saying Ishaq Oloyede, a former vice-chancellor (VC) of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), had been appointed the new registrar of the board.

Goong said 16 chief executive officers of parastatals and agencies under the ministry of education had also been replaced.

He listed the new CEOs and their agencies as:

Abubakar Rasheed, National Universities Commission (NUC)

Lilian Salami, Nigerian Institute For Educational Planning and Administration

Hameed Bobboyi, Universal Basic Education Board

Lanre Aina, National Library of Nigeria.

Charles Uwakwe, National Examination Council (NECO)

Abba Haladu, National Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education

Bashir Usman, Nomadic Education Commission

Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, National Business and Technical Examination Board

Sunday Ajiboye, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria

Afolabi Aderinto, Computer Registration Council of Nigeria

Bappah Aliyu, National Commission For Colleges of Education

Abdullahi Baffa, Tertiary Education Tax Fund.

Garba Azare, National Teachers Institute

Michael Afolabi, Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria

Steven Onah, Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, National Institute of Nigerian Languages

Goong said the appointments were with immediate effect, adding that the new chief executives ere expected at the office of the minister of education at 12 noon on Tuesday.