The Senate has summoned the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, the Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede and the Vice Chancellor, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Charles Igwe, over alleged admissions racketeering.
They are to appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Public Petitions and Privileges, and the committees on tertiary education and TETFUND for explanations on alleged undisclosed admissions and unwholesome practices by JAMB, UNN, and other universities. The Senate resolutions were sequel to a motion sponsored to that effect by Deputy Whip, Senator Peter Nwebonyi , during plenary on Wednesday.
He said: 'Miss Ekwe, in particular, scored 291 in the 2019 UTME and 300 in the university’s post-UTME, which qualified her for the course. She was subsequently admitted by the university but later transferred to the Department of Medical Laboratory Science on the ground that if her cumulative grade point was up to 4.5 points after the first year, she would be transferred back to Medicine and Surgery. 'However, despite the fact that she surpassed the 4.
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