The outgoing Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said he is returning to academia and religious activities after completing his 10-year tenure, declaring that he needs time to “go back and beg God” after the demands of public service.
Oloyede made the remarks during the handover to the new Registrar, Prof. Aina, where he also defended JAMB’s controversial decision to impose a three-year ban on 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme, insisting he had no regrets because the board acted to protect the integrity of its examination process.
The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin said his years in public office had been both professionally and spiritually demanding, adding that he looked forward to a quieter life in the classroom and renewed commitment to his faith.
“But for me, what’s next is back to my class and my religious activities. I think that is what is next for me,” Oloyede said.
He added, “You cannot serve in these past 10 years without losing one spiritual quality or the other, so I need to go back and we are in a very dangerous system that in one way or the other you will have violated your own principles yourself.”
