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Protest as minister pegs admission at 18 years

Stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board’s (JAMB) policy meeting on education holding in Abuja have protested the new minimum admission age pegged at 18 years.

Immediately after the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, made the announcement on Thursday, July 18, 2024, the stakeholders who turned out in their members from across tertiary institutions in the country, voiced a resistance which turned the session into a rowdy one.

The minister, who was unable to proceed with his address as a result of the uproar, had asked “Are we together?”

JAMB announces cut-off marks for 2024 admissions July 18

However, the stakeholders had responded with a resounding “No!”

Mamman, who seemed unperturbed with the development, had continued with his address as he tried to give reasons for pegging the new admission benchmark at 18.

It took the intervention of JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, to restore order to the policy meeting with his plea of “please attention please!”

The policy meeting on education is an annual event. It authorised the commencement of admission into tertiary institutions in the country.

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