The chairman of the ad-hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating job racketeering in federal agencies, Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, has clarified that neither the registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, nor any agency had been indicted by the committee.
Gagdi said it was wrong to insinuate that the Committee had indicted the JAMB registrar when it was still carrying out its assignment.
There have been reports in the media that the Committee indicted the JAMB registrar for employing no fewer than 300 staff without advertisement.
Speaking at the resumed hearing of the Committee, Gagdi said the Committee had been having a robust engagement with all agencies appearing before it.
He said until the Committee concluded its assignment and submitted a report to the House, it could not be said that it had indicted any agency for any wrongdoing.
“I want to say it here that as a matter of fact; don’t take any report of indictment against anybody. This Committee has not indicted the Registrar of JAMB and we have not indicted any institution.
“You can only say that after we submit our report. There are reports going out that we have indicted the JAMB registrar. No, we have not submitted any report anywhere and so, don’t quote us out of context, please.
“We had a very good interaction with him and nobody should preempt the decision of this committee to say that somebody is faulty,” he said.
