The Senate yesterday cut the registration fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to N2, 500 from the initial cost of N5, 560.
The decision followed the adoption of the report of the Senate committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund on the inquiry into the new admission policy of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The upper chamber also recommended the extension of the validity period of the UTME to three academic years.
They also resolved to amend the Act establishing JAMB to reflect the extension of the validity period which is at the moment a year.
The Senate also adopted the recommendation of the committee chaired by Senator Binta Masi Garba (APC, Adamawa North) that the change of institution, course form and other incidental activities around the exam should be free.
Contributing to the debate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (APC, Kano Central) said stressed the need for government to look into the revenue being generated by JAMB.
…Senate Rejects Motion to Ban Import of Foreign Goods
The Senate also yesterday rejected a motion that sought the ban of some foreign items into the country.
Senator Theodore Orji (PDP Abia North) had through a prayer to a motion on the “Need for patronage of made in Nigeria goods in Nigeria” by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South), sought the resolution of the parliament to prohibit the attitude of turning Nigeria into a dumping ground for sub-standard products.
This, the former governor of Abia State explained would help in boosting the patronage of made-in-Nigeria products.
The prayer, seconded by Senator Adeola Olamilekan Solomon (APC-Lagos West), was however, discarded by majority of the senators when put to vote by the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
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