UNILAG to screen candidates despite withdrawal of list byJAMB – official(News by Akintaro oluwafemi akinz)

The University of Lagos on Monday says it will go

ahead with its screening of prospective candidates for

admission into the 2016/2017 academic session as

scheduled.

The institution’s Deputy Registrar, (Information), Toyin

Adebule, said this in an interview with the News

Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

Adebule gave the university’s position against the

backdrop of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation

Board withdrawing the list of recommended

candidates for admission, earlier sent to the various

universities.

JAMB in the statement signed by its Head of Media

and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, stated that the

withdrawal was to ensure that the Senate of each of

the universities performs its statutory functions.

NAN reports that UNILAG had, last month, announced

that it would begin screening candidates, who chose

the institution as their first choice with a cut-off point

of 200 and above, between August 3 and 24, 2016.

Adebule said: “We want to inform the public that our

screening, for candidates that will be admitted for the

2016/17 academic session, will still hold as

scheduled from August 3, 2016 to August 24, 2016.

“It is true that JAMB had sent a list to us, which it had

considered as those who met our cut-off point.

“It is this same list that it had withdrawn to allow the

universities carry out their admission process as

required by the law setting up their Senates.

“There are statutory functions meant for all university

Senates, among which admissions is part one.

“It is only after selecting the candidates for admission

that the Senate refers the list to JAMB for confirmation

in line with the admission criteria of merit, catchment

and educationally disadvantaged states.

“And so, it is only proper for JAMB to have taken this

step, realising that it had taken over the job of the

universities’ Aenates.”

Adebule, however, added that the withdrawal of the list

did not interfere with UNILAG’s proposed plan to

screen its candidates.

He reiterated that candidates would be screened based

on the authenticity of their results and their course

combination.