Serious Protest in Unilag over Reallocation of Students to Other Universities.

 Following the announcement that the University of Lagos together with Jamb have decided to reallocate students to other universities without prior warning, students and parents are currently protesting on campus. The students do not have an idea of what criteria jamb used to deciding their fate. Neither are they aware of the universities that they have been reallocated to.

This is so wrong! Nigeria as a nation cannot continue like this! You inform them before hand,. or why not stop the jamb website from allowing people pick the University of Lagos during registration?

In a Statement released on the universities website, They announced that

IMPORTANT NOTICE ON NEW POLICY ON ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES FOR 2015/2016 ADMISSION EXERCISE

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) at its 2015 Combined Policy Meeting, held on July 14, 2015 in Abuja, announced the adoption of a policy whereby candidates of universities with surplus applicants for the Unified Matriculation Examinations (UTME) are reassigned to other universities with lower number of candidates than their capacities. According to the Registrar/CEO of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, the policy portends two benefits: It will be beneficial to “needy Universities” that is universities with lower number of candidates than their capacities, as this will ensure that these universities will have more candidates to admit. Candidates will have better chances for admission in the universities they are re-assigned to, contrary to situations where they would await admission in the universities of their first choices until the admission exercise closes and they forfeit admission in that session. This policy has been implemented with immediate effect. Consequently, the eligibility for Post-UTME screening in the University of Lagos like other universities in Nigeria has been determined by JAMB. In effect, only candidates whose names were forwarded to the University of Lagos by JAMB are eligible for the 2015/2016 post-UTME screening.