JUST IN: Members Object AT JAMB Policy Meeting As Minister Sets Admission Age At 18

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced that only applicants who have reached the age of 18 will be admitted into tertiary institutions in the nation going forward. This has prompted stakeholders and attendees of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, or JAMB, policy meeting to Protest.

Mamman, who was restating his earlier position that candidates below 18 were responsible for crises in the nation’s universities, received open protests from participants at the event.

Right after the minister made the announcement at the event held in the Body of Benchers’ auditorium in Abuja, everyone in the hall began protesting loudly, shouting, “No, no, no.”

Despite the protest, the minister did not back down from his decision, as he explained that the decision was already a federal government policy.

According to him, the action was aimed at addressing some of the major problems facing tertiary institutions, especially universities.

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