NextMoney, a Nigerian financial magazine, has named Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), as Person of the Year 2021.
Mr. Ray Echebiri, Editor-in-Chief, NextMoney, said this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos.
Echebiri said Oloyede’s emergence as person of the year was informed by his relentless and uncompromising pursuit of academic excellence.
He said that Oloyede’s unwavering commitment to transparency and accountability in public service was notable.
Echebiri said that the awardee, during his tenure as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), pursued academic excellence.
“Concomitantly, Unilorin became the most sought-after institution by candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
“Soaring on the wings of academic excellence feathered by him, Unilorin’s ranking among world universities has remained on the upward trajectory,” he said.
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The NextMoney Editor-in-Chief said that Oloyede, in his current capacity as JAMB CEO, pursues academic excellence by ensuring transparent and credible admissions into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.
“Quietly and steadily, he is leading a revolution in the Nigerian educational system, ostensibly with the objective of implanting academic excellence especially at the tertiary level of education in Nigeria.
“The revolution he is leading ensures that no candidate without the requisite academic achievements finds himself/herself on the campus of any tertiary institution in the country as a student.
“He is prosecuting this revolution by conducting very credible, transparent and fraud-free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), and by ensuring that admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria is based first and foremost on merit,” he said.
Oloyede, currently serving a second term as JAMB CEO was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August, 2015, for a term of five years. (NAN)
