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Drama at JAMB policy meeting as minister pegs admission age at 18
Everyone in the auditorium of the Body of Benchers in Abuja started yelling “No, no, no” in loud protest as soon as the minister made the news.
Participants in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting, as well as stakeholders, are demonstrating against the announcement made by Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, that only applicants who have reached the age of eighteen will be admitted to higher education institutions in the nation going forward.
Attendees openly protested Mamman’s statement, restating his previous stance that applicants under the age of eighteen were to blame for difficulties in the country’s institutions.
Everyone in the auditorium of the Body of Benchers in Abuja started yelling “No, no, no” in loud protest as soon as the minister made the news.
Despite the protest, the minister did not back down from his decision, as he explained that the decision was already a federal government policy.
According to him, the action was aimed at addressing some of the major problems facing tertiary institutions, especially universities.
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