The Senate on Wednesday said it has
suspended the amendment of the Act
establishing the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) in order to
allow for adequate consultation with
stakeholders.
The red chamber had approved the
extension of the validity of the results of
the Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examinations (UTME) being conducted by
JAMB to three years.
The decision, the senate had said, was
granted to reduce the financial burden of
the examination on parents, students and
JAMB.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Education
(Basic and Secondary), Senator Aliyu
Wamakko, confirmed the suspension to
reporters during an oversight visit to the
headquarters of JAMB in Abuja.
Wamakko, who was represented by Senator
Ajayi Boroffice, stated that the senate
would not make any laws that would
impede on the progress of any institution.
He said: “Your JAMB result is only valid for
one year and we thought it will be better
for it to be valid at least for three years. It
will reduce the burden on the parents, on
the students themselves even on the
institution that is conducting the test. I
think it is what is good for all of us and I
don’t think the public will reject it.
“As I said we don’t make laws for an
individual or for the senate. We make law
for the country in the interest of all of us. A
bill must not necessarily be at the
convenience of a particular organization,
having said that, since we don’t want to
make a law that will impede the progress
of any institution we are bound to listen to
what they are saying. We are bound to
listen to them.”
Responding, JAMB Registrar, Is-haq
Oloyede, said he was happy the senate
listened to its appeal to suspend the
amendment of its Act.
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