By Akinwale Kasali
Prof Ishaq Oloyede tenure as the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has come to an end.
Oloyede stepped down at the end of his five-year tenure, and handed over the affairs of JAMB to the most senior officer.
Fabian Okoro, the agency’s Director of Information and Technology Services had taken over the affairs of JAMB, pending the appointment of Oloyede’s replacement.
Oloyede was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, and could be reappointed if the President wishes to retain him.
The outgoing Registrar’s tenure expired alongside 13 other Heads in other Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education.
Others whose tenures also expired are Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission; Dr. Hameed Boboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Board; Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, National Business and Technical Examination Board.
They also include Prof. Sunday Ajiboye, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria; Afolabi Aderinto, Computer Registration Council of Nigeria; Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare, National Teachers Institute; and Prof. Michael Afolabi, Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria.
Others are Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah, National Mathematical Centre, Shedda; Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, National Institute of Nigerian Languages; Prof. Lillian Salami, Nigerian Institute for Educational Planning and Administration; Prof. Lanre Aina, National Library of Nigeria; Prof. Abba Haladu, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education and Prof. Bashir Usman, Nomadic Education Commission.
Oloyede In the saddle as JAMB registrar was described as Nigeria’s Laragon of Integrity when he received the prestigious National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM) award from President Buhari.
A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, he was one of the 26 eminent Nigerians that were given the NPOM award at the well-attended ceremony.
The award, organised by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, was in recognition of the honorees’ sterling contributions to national development through their high productivity, hard work and service excellence.
The award, came on the heels of a special parliamentary commendation for the erudite Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence during his budget defence appearance at the National Assembly recently, is a veritable acknowledgement of his dexterity in the management of human and financial resources.
He also chalked up series of awards in the saddle.
The possibility Of President Buhari retaining him hangs on the balance. But, he will be remembered for boosting the finance of the country.
Within a year of his appointment as Registrar, the same JAMB that had been remitting funds in the range of N3 million to the Federal Government annually, remitted over N5 billion that year.
This has been the norm since then.
