President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Professor Dibu Ojerinde and 16 other heads of parastatals in the Ministry of Education.
The President therefore approved the appointment of 17 new chief executives of the various parastatals.
The new appointees are Abubakar Rasheed (National Universities Commission); Lilian Salami (Nigerian Institute For Educational Planning and Administration); Hameed Boboyi (Universal Basic Education Board); Lanre Aina (National Library of Nigeria); Charles Uwakwe (National Examinations Council); Abba Haladu (National Commission For Mass Literacy, Adult And Non-Formal Education); Bashir Usman (Nomadic Education Commission); and Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe (National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB).
Others are Sunday Ajiboye (Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria); Afolabi Aderinto (Computer Registration Council of Nigeria); Bappah Aliyu (National Commission For Colleges of Education); Abdullahi Bichi Baffa (Tertiary Education Tax Fund); Garba Dahuwa Azare (National Teachers Institute); and Michael Afolabi (Librarian Registration Council of Nigeria).
Also appointed are Steven Ejugwu Onah (National Mathematical Centre, Sheda); Ishaq Oloyede (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board); and Chinyere Ohiri-Aniche (National Institute of Nigerian Languages).
A statement by a deputy director in the ministry, Benjamim Goong, said the new chief executives had been invited to meet with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday. Mr. Goong also said four heads of parastatals under the ministry were retained.
They are Samaila Junaidu of Nigeria Educational Research & Development Council; Raaufu Adebisi of Nigerian French Language Village Badagry; Mas’ud A. Kazaure of National Board For Technical Education; and Muhammad Mu’az of National Arabic Language Village, Maiduguri, Borno State.
S/No Parastatal Name
1.
Nigeria
Educational
Research &
Development
Council (NERDC)
Prof. Samaila
Junaidu
2.
Nigerian French
Language Village
Badagry,
(NFLV)
Prof. Raauf
Adebisi
3.
National Board
For Technical
Education
(NBTE)
Dr. Mas’ud A.
Kazaure
4.
National Arabic
Language
Village,
Maiduguri,
Borno State
(NALV)
Prof
Muhammad
Mu’az
S/No Parastatal Name
1.
National
Universities
Commission
(NUC)
Prof. Abubakar
Adamu
Rasheed
2.
Nigerian Institute
For Educational
Planning and
Administration
(NIEPA)
Prof. Mrs
Lilian Salami
3.
Universal Basic
Education Board
(UBEC)
Dr. Hameed
Bobboyi
4. National Library
of Nigeria (NLN)
Prof. Lanre
Aina
5.
National
Examinations
Council (NECO)
Prof. Charles
Uwakwe
6.
National
Commission For
Mass Literacy,
Adult And Non-
Formal Education
(NCMLA&NE)
Prof. Abba
Haladu
7.
Nomadic
Education
Commission
(NEC)
Prof. Bashir H.
Usman
8.
National Business
and Technical
Examination
Board (NABTEB)
Prof. Ifeoma
Isiugo-Abanihe
9.
Teachers
Registration
Council of
Nigeria (TRCN)
Prof. Sunday
Josiah Ajiboye
10.
Computer
Registration
Council of Nigeria
(CPN)
Afolabi N.
Aderinto
11.
National
Commission For
Colleges of
Education (NCCE)
Prof. Bappah
Aliyu
12.
Tertiary
Education Tax
Fund (TETFund)
Dr. Abdullahi
Bichi Baffa
13. National Teachers
Institute (NTI)
Prof. Garba
Dahuwa Azare
14.
Librarian
Registration
Council of Nigeria
(LRCN)
Prof. Michael
Afolabi
15.
National
Mathematical
Centre, Sheda
(NMC)
Prof. Steven
Ejugwu Onah
16.
Joint Admissions
and Matriculation
Board (JAMB)
Prof. Ishaq
Olarenwaju
Oloyode
17.
National Institute
of Nigerian
Languages (
NINLAN)
Prof. Chinyere
Ohiri-Aniche
The four parastatals whose chief executives will retain their position are:
S/No Parastatal Name
1.
Nigeria
Educational
Research &
Development
Council (NERDC)
Prof. Samaila
Junaidu
2.
Nigerian French
Language Village
Badagry,
(NFLV)
Prof. Raauf
Adebisi
3.
National Board
For Technical
Education
(NBTE)
Dr. Mas’ud A.
Kazaure
4.
National Arabic
Language
Village,
Maiduguri,
Borno State
(NALV)
Prof
Muhammad
Mu’az
