If the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was sick when Professor Ishaq Oloyede was appointed registrar 10 years ago, it might have been said that even great institutions have their difficult times. That’s not unusual. But JAMB wasn’t sick. It was dying and becoming so irrelevant that those it was supposed to serve were wishing […]

If the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was sick when Professor Ishaq Oloyede was appointed Registrar 10 years ago, it might have been said that even great…

The original idea of JAMB, which was recommended by VCs of seven federal universities at the time, was to serve as a clearinghouse.