I left JAMB better than I met it — Ojerinde
A former Registrar/Chief Executive of
the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, has
said that he was leaving JAMB better than he met it after nine years in
charge.
He added that he had done virtually everything he needed to do to move the organisation forward.
According to him, his achievements could only be built upon by his successor, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.
He urged the management of JAMB to continue to work to keep the philosophy on which the body was established.
Ojerinde spoke in an exclusive interview with Newsmen
in Abuja during a send forth dinner organised for him by JAMB and
attended by senior management staff, directors and stakeholders in the
education sector.
He said, “I feel good that I am leaving
JAMB better than we all met it at that time. I am sure the person who
has come to takeover is going to be as good if not better than I am. I
have done everything I wanted to do. There is no other thing I want to
do and that is why God says it is time for me to leave. That is it.
“Through the grace of God a lot of
things have been done. My wish is that the management should continue
the way they used to do it. We used to have a philosophy of ‘yes you can
do it’ and things are being made possible.
The former JAMB Registrar, who is
returning to the academics at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
said his removal from office did not come to him as surprise.
He said, “It was a big relief for me
because there were so many things in my head. In fact, I started packing
my luggage five months ago, precisely since March 2016. So, it didn’t
come as a surprise to me.
“Any reasonable person would have seen
it coming because there was a change in regime and everybody was
clamouring for office. Definitely, I think I have paid my dues and I was
ready to go.”
He also recalled that the most challenging period in his years in JAMB was when he lost his wife in 2007.
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