Stakeholders and attendees at the ongoing policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have kicked against the federal government’s new policy stating that only candidates who have attained the age of 18 would henceforth be given admission into tertiary institutions in the country.
The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman had earlier announced that those below 18 will no longer have access to tertiary education.
Mamman, while 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.”
However, the Minister ignored the protest and 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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