The latest debate on the age to gain admission was sparked by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, last week.
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Adah had petitioned the house over her alleged demotion from Lecturer 1 to Principal Assistant Registrar by the management.
Police in the state confirmed the incident on Friday, saying an investigation to unravel the masterminds was on.
Gunmen, in Imo State, have assassinated the Deputy Registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi, throwing the community into panic.
Investigations revealed that the late students, who had earlier resumed in school for their first semester examination, returned home when they learnt that the examination has been postponed
The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Soladoye Adewole, made this known in Ibadan, when contacted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) for comments on the protest.
The institution gave the warning in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Manfred Oyibogbeye, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ogwashi-Uku.
The statement said the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination had expanded the carrying capacity of the institutions and thereby, to a large extent, addressed the issue of admission access in the country
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, who gave the directive during the inauguration of the Governing Councils of 15 Federal Polytechnics, 19 Federal Colleges of Education and Boards of National Teachers’ Institute and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council in Abuja, said that such programmes are outside the mandate of the institutions