President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to make pronouncement on the position of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, whose first term tenure ends this weekend.
Prof. Oloyede, going by the President rating, stands a chance of re-appointment for another four years.
The same fate awaits all other heads of agencies under the ministry of education.
The chief executives were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 1, 20216.
However, few hours to the expiration of his first term in office nothing has been heard from the President, who is far away in the United Kingdom on medical grounds.
Other Education sector’s chief executives whose positions would be vacant include Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC); Dr. Hameed Boboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC); Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB).
Others are: Prof. Sunday Ajiboye, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN); Afolabi Aderinto, Computer Registration Council of Nigeria (CRCN); Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare, National Teachers Institute (NTI); and Prof. Michael Afolabi, Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN).
Also affected are: Prof. Steven Ejugwu Onah, National Mathematical Centre, Shedda; Prof. Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche, National Institute of Nigerian Languages; Prof. Lillian Salami, Nigerian Institute for Educational Planning and administration; Prof. Lanre Aina, National Library of Nigeria; Prof. Abba Haladu, National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education and Prof. Bashir Usman, Nomadic Education Commission.
