42 Universities in Nigeria are in BIG Trouble Over Post-Utme Fees’- JAMB

Nigerian government has questioned 42 Universities for charging more than the N2,000 taught by the Ministry of Education for 2017 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations directed after Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, examinations. 

Support Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made the divulgence at a partners' gathering on the 2018 UTME in Abuja.

He said one of the Vice-chancellors, who couldn't follow the influenced applicants, was told by the Minister of Education, Adamu, to give the abundance to a non-religious halfway house as philanthropy.

Oloyede stated, "There are 42 Institutions questioned by the clergyman for charging more than N2,000 for the post-UTME.

"The influenced Universities are currently discounting the abundance to the hopefuls and the competitors are detailing back to us.

"In one situation where the University couldn't follow the influenced understudies, the priest coordinated that the cash ought to be paid to a non-religious halfway house.

"The competitors all things considered couldn't be followed for a discount. Subsequently, the priest has put his feet down that every single overabundance charge ought to be discounted.

"Where the Universities have the rundown, they are paying the applicants straightforwardly.

"The motivation behind this present partners' gathering is to brief those authorities will's identity on the field for the 2018 UTME.

"We additionally looked into the occurrences of 2017 and invited proposals from the partners."