The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known on
Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with the head of Nigerians in Diaspora
Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Oloyede who empathized
with the students, commended NIDCOM for the effective handling of their
evacuation, adding that JAMB would ensure the desired support.
“What we will do is that we will provide the necessary
infrastructure, the necessary enablement to make you accommodate or return
these candidates (students) to our educational system,” Oloyede said.
The JAMB boss, however, called on the students not to tread
the path of those who returned to the country over a year ago as a result of
Ukraine’s war but refused to comply with the stipulated procedures that would
have ensured they continue their academic programmes seamlessly in Nigerian
universities.
He said, “We must thank NIDCOM for making efforts that the
students are brought into the Nigerian university system and we have given the
Commission the process and procedure.
“There are procedures (for transfer of students); the
transcript, the rules and regulations, and nobody should be any illusion
believe that Nigerian university will award certificate with less than two
years stay and residency in the university, and the procedure is done
legitimately and properly with the cooperation of the National Universities
Commission and the individual institution.
“The guideline from JAMB has already been handed over to the
chairperson of the Commission.”
Explaining further on the issue of spending a minimum of two
academic sessions for students who transferred to any Nigerian university,
Oloyede said: “If you are doing a five-year programme, you will go to year
four, because you are going to spend year 4 and year 5.
“For instance, if you are studying Medicine and you are in
your 600 level, and if the Medical and Dental Council assesses what you have
done; practical is okay, they will just move you to year 5, 500 level. You will
do 500 level and 600 level, and you will have the certificate of the
institution in Nigeria.”
On her part, NIDCOM chairman, Dabiri-Erewa, said 1,730
Nigerians have been evacuated from Sudan as of Tuesday, adding that the
majority of them are students eager to continue their education in Nigeria
while waiting for the war to be over.
The NIDCOM boss assured that the necessary procedures will
be followed to integrate the affected students into Nigerian schools.
She said, “The key thing is that there are processes to
follow but they are not difficult processes and that is what we learnt from
JAMB.
“The institutions are already saying they want to give
support, they want to admit them but the key thing is to follow the process as
stipulated by JAMB.