Oloyede takes over JAMB, vows to enforce discipline
August 9, 2016
Friday Olokor, Abuja
The newly-appointed Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, on Monday resumed office, promising to enforce discipline.
He also said that he would maintain the good works of his predecessor, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.
He described his appointment as divine, saying that he never believed he would preside over the affairs of JAMB.
Oloyede, a former Vice- Chancellor of the University of Ilorin and Secretary-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, stated this at the JAMB headquarters in Abuja, after he had received the handover notes from Ojerinde.
In a speech entitled, ‘Let us do it together,’ he unfolded a five-point agenda, stressing that he would build on the legacy left behind by his predecessors and change whatever deserves to be changed. He promised to enforce discipline among the staff.
He said, “Many people who criticise others are also corrupt by virtue of their sheer indiscipline. The first rule in heaven is order and the bane of our development as a nation is indiscipline. Indiscipline begins from attitude to time but it does not end there.
“Lateness to work, laziness at work, disrespect for deadlines, insubordination and so on are viruses that often cripple an organisation. I will implore you to hold discipline sacrosanct because indiscipline is corruption and many people who criticise others are also corrupt by virtue of their sheer indiscipline.”
Speaking on behalf of members of staff, the Director (Test Administration), Dr. Yusuf Lawal, said Ojerinde would be missed. He said Ojerinde would be returning to the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, as an academic.
Earlier, Ojerinde had called on the staff to cooperate with his successor. He said the competency of the CEO of JAMB in deploying his duties to improve the agency was not questionable.
“I am sure you (Oloyede) will make things better than you found it. I am not surprised you are coming. I hereby plead for forgiveness from whoever I may have offended because it’s not possible to run a big organisation without stepping on toes,’’ he said.
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