Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Remits 3.51 Billion Naira to the National Treasury

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) under the management of Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has remitted the sum of N3.51billion to the national treasury as part of its 2021 operating surplus. This was contained in a statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr Benjamin Fabian today noting that the 2021 remittance was in line with Prof. Ishaq Oloyede’s avowed commitment to prudent management of public resources.

According to Dr. Fabian, this has been the norm rather than the exception in the last six years beginning from 2016 when Prof. Oloyede remitted the whopping sum of N7billion and repeated same in subsequent years.

He said, “it is pertinent to note that one of the direct benefits of the sustained remittances by the Prof. Oloyede-led management manifested in the reduction of the cost of the application documents (UTME and DE) by candidates from N5000 to N3500 in 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“This singular act has ensured the annual transfer of over N3billion to the pockets of parents and guardians of candidates as a consequence of the slash in the price of UTME forms.

“The Board as led by Prof Ishaq Oloyede would continue to prune down the cost of governance and release resources for other needy national priority areas”.

Dolupo Balogun

Written by BoomRadioNG