State, has announced the suspension of its post-
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The announcement was made barely 24 hours after the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, instructed the nation’s tertiary institutions to stop the conduct of the exercise.
“If any tertiary institution has conducted the
post-UTME, such an exercise stands annulled and
money taken from candidates must be returned
immediately,” Adamu had said in a statement
through the Deputy Director, Press and Public
Relations, in the ministry, Mr. Ben Mem Goong.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr.
Michael Osasuyi, told our sources on Tuesday that
the suspension was with immediate effect and in
compliance with the Federal Government’s
directive.
“We are suspending this exercise now, in
compliance with the Federal Government directive.
We are suspending forthwith,” Osasuyi said.
The screening was scheduled begin on June 27 and
last for two weeks.
It was also learnt that some candidates, whose
tests were supposed to take place on Monday and
Tuesday showed up for the exercise before they
were informed of the suspension.
But the university’s spokesman called for calm,
adding that the institution would communicate
further information on the suspension to its
prospective students.
“They (candidates) should just be calm and rest
assured that the University of Benin will not in
any way flout the Federal Government’s directive
and will not in any way undermine their choice for the university,” he said.
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