"Firstly the advertisements are made and individuals apply. Sometimes the number of applications is high. These applications have to be scanned and then there is a high level committee that deliberate and decide on the eligible candidates," the minister said.
The proposed position is meant to add oversight to the city’s compliance with transparency rules, such as public records laws and open meetings policies.
A prominent anti-corruption group, Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative (TADI), says it will withdraw all petitions written against Registrar of Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the agency under the watch of its registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede is not being investigated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). SaharaReporters had reported how ICPC received a series of petitions, urging the anti-corruption agency to investigate and prosecute the JAMB registrar over “extreme fraud, corruption and desecration of the code of conduct of public office."