Admissions: UniAbuja VC Debunks Alleged Feud with JAMB

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul- Rasheed Na’allah has debunked ongoing rumours that the institution is in a feud with the management of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over its system of admissions.

Also, the VC disclosed that it has received grants to upgrade the face and landscape of the university and this includes the construction of parameter fence, 21st century senate building, more hostels and classrooms, street lights and indoor sports facilities, among others.

JAMB had in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), alleged that the university was not following laid down principle in its admission process and was going ahead to give admissions without recourse to the exam body.

In response, the institution categorically stated that its action was legitimate and backed by university laws.

The VC, who cleared the air at the commemoration of his second year in office, at the the institution’s main campus, said its system of admissions has not changed as 45 per cent is for merit, while the other percentage goes to other factors, adding that all the 36 states of the federation are its catchment areas.

On the call for extension of validity period for JAMB results and the 2021 recorded mass failure, Na’Allah, who was careful and technical in his response, said this is not the first time mass failure is being recorded.

“We want pure, thorough and valid admission and we have no issues with JAMB, as the only exam students do to gain admission into this institutions is the UTME.

“The admission process remains 45 per cent on merit before we go to the state level. Every state in the federation is our catchment area and this is just too technical. No one has accused us of taking students that we like as against the admission process. The story here is that we are working well and doing the best we can.

“This is not the first time we are having mass failure in the Nigerian educational system and the fault can be from the students, parents, the exam body and other factors.

“JAMB has been serving Nigeria well. The kind of thoroughness of JAMB’s computer based test centres, it is doubtful that things can just happen,” he said.