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Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman
Stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board’s policy meeting on Education holding in Abuja, have protested the new minimum admission age pegged at 18 years.
Immediately after the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman,made the announcement, the stakeholders who turned out their members from across tertiary institutions in the country, voiced a resistance which turned the session into a rowdy one.
The minister who was unable to proceed with his address as a result of the uproar, had asked “Are we together?”
However, the stakeholders had responded with a resounding “No!”
The minister who seemed unperturbed with the development, continued with his address as he tried to give reasons for pegging the new admission benchmark at 18.
It took the Intervention of the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, to restore order to the policy meeting.
The policy meeting on education is an annual event.
It authorized the commencement of admission into tertiary institutions in the country. (The PUNCH)
