ASUU Strike Unnecessary – JAMB Boss

Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), lamented the current strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

He, however, described the ongoing industrial strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) as unnecessary.

Oloyede stated this on Friday in Ilorin during the flag-off and presentation of equipment at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), which was facilitated by JAMB.

He pleaded with the leadership of the ASUU to end the strike that is now being carried out by university lecturers across the nation.

The registrar, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, stated that the nation’s tertiary institutions’ protracted and incessant strikes were capable of causing irreparable harm to not only the students but also the nation.

As a result, Oloyede urged both the government and the unions to find ways to end the “unnecessary strike.”

The registrar went on to say that JAMB’s involvement in healthcare delivery was to support the government’s efforts to address the country’s massive medical infrastructure gap.

“JAMB will continue to cut costs through prudent management, the use of cost-cutting technology, and other efficiency measures.”

“This is to free up resources to support major stakeholders such as tertiary health and educational institutions to uplift the health and educational institutions,” he explained.