By Martin Paul
Abuja
The Registrar/Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, would repeat the wonders he performed at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), where he was vice-chancellor, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has stated.
NASU added that with his appointment, the federal government has done the right thing because Oloyede would reposition JAMB and place it in the global map of examination agencies.
A statement by the Spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, quoted the General Secretary of NASU, Peters Adeyemi, as expressing these views in his congratulatory letter to Oloyede, obtained by journalists yesterday in Abuja.
Although Oloyede has long assumed work with laudable steps aimed at repositioning the agency, he had maintained that congratulatory messages were better deferred till his assignment as JAMB registrar.
NASU described him as “a visionary, honest, transparent, purposeful and accountable administrator and academics, whose track records speaks volume.”
While recalling the wonders and feats performed by Oloyede when he was vice-chancellors at UNILORIN, the union said “his footprints abound everywhere in UNILORIN”, adding that he would bring his wealth of experience in the new responsibility given to him.
Part of the congratulatory letter read: “On behalf of the members of NASU, I congratulate you on your appointment as the Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB. We regard you as one of us, having followed your track records as a lecturer at the University of Ilorin and later as the institution’s Vice Chancellor.
“We remember your tenure as Vice Chancellor with nostalgia, a period when you changed the face of the institution. You brought on board visionary and purposeful leadership, honesty, transparency, accountability and good governance.
“You carried the institution’s stakeholders along through consultations with workers and students, which in turn brought about wide acceptance of your programmes, thereby engendering peace in the University. You left your footprints as a colossus in the history of the administration of the university.”
The union also described Oloyede as a man of peace and promoter of peaceful co-existence as Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs who has always being at the forefront of ensuring peaceful coexistence.
“You stand out as a promoter of religious tolerance, something that is fast eluding the country today”, NASU emphasised.
While expressing confidence in his ability to sanitise the conduct of matriculation examinations in the nation’s tertiary institutions, NASU challenged Oloyede, as he has always done, to improve the welfare and working condition of JAMB staff.
