Why JAMB Registrar, others were sacked

Abuja - The Federal Government has sacked the Registrar, Joint

Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde and 16
other chief executive officers in Ministry of Education that were appointed
during former President Goodluck Jonathan administration .
In the statement signed by the Deputy Director (Press), of the ministry,
Mr. Benjamin Bem Goong, in Abuja announcing the sack, the government
gave no reason for the action.
Ojerinde whose tenure was suppose to end April 2017, might have been
sacked over the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME,
irregularities from bordering on result multiplicity, centre relocation and
system failure.
Many people protested that the irregularities of the exercise underscored
their their gaining admission this year, that the board was unprepared for
the CBT it adopted three years ago.
Not only were the 17 CEOS sacked by the Federal Government, they were
immediately replaced.
The appointments were for: the National Universities Commission (NUC),
Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed; Nigerian Institute For Educational
Planning and Administration (NIEPA) Prof. Mrs. Lilian Salami; Universal
Basic Education Board (UBEC), Dr. Hameed Bobboyi; National Library of
Nigeria (NLN), Prof. Lanre O. Aina; and National Examinations Council
(NECO), Prof. Charles Uwakwe.
Others were:National Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-
Formal Education (NCMLA&NE) , Prof. Abba Haladu; Nomadic Education
Commission (NEC). Prof. Bashir H. Usman; National Business and
Technical Examination Board (NABTEB), Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe;
Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Sunday Josiah
Ajiboye; Computer Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Afolabi N.
Aderinto; National Commission For Colleges of Education (NCCE), Prof.
Bappah Aliyu; and Tertiary Education Tax Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi
Bichi Baffa.
The rest were: National Teachers Institute (NTI), Prof. Garba Dahuwa
Azare; Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Prof. Michael
Afolabi; National Mathematical Centre, Sheda (NMC), Prof. Steven Ejugwu
Onah; Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq
Olarenwaju Oloyode; and National Institute of Nigerian Languages
(NINLAN), Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche.
The following four Chief Executive Officers retained their positions. They
are : Prof Samaila Junaidu of Nigeria Educational Research & Development
Council (NERDC); Prof Raauf Adebisi, Nigerian French Language Village
Badagry, (NFLV) ; Dr Mas’ud A. Kazaure , National Board For Technical
Education (NBTE) ; and Prof Muhammad Mu’az of the National Arabic
Language Village, Maiduguri, Borno State (NALV).