sion due to the effects of the protracted strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on admissions into public universities.

“I want to clearly state here that there is no truth in such a rumour. To start with, it is not all the universities that went on strike. To some others, academic sessions were uninterrupted but they have since concluded admission for the 2022/2023 session; so, there is no moral justification to stop the conduct of our examination for the 2023/2024 session. In fact, about one-third of these universities were running a normal session while the strike lasted, and had concluded,” he said.

He described the strike as unfortunate, saying, however, that many of the affected universities were able to come up with innovative ways to tackle backlogs.

“Right now, we are doing everything possible to ensure that we come up with a date. My appeal, therefore, is for the Federal Government and ASUU to seek common ground to the issues raised, in a bid to forestall any further occurrence,” he said.

The JAMB boss said that, with effect from 2023, all new centres to be accredited for UTME must provide only laptops for the conduct of the examination.

He said that the aim was to eradicate system collapse due to disruptions in power supply.

According to him, all existing centres using desktops must provide backups such as UPS to keep the systems going during the examination in the event of any disruption in power supply.