Academy hails appointment of Oloyede as JAMB registrar

The Nigeria Academy of Letters has thrown its weight behind the appointment of Is-haq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
The academy described the appointment as “highly merited”.
A statement issued on Friday by the spokesperson of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, said the president of NAL, Olu Obafemi, made the commendation when he led the NAL’s team, including the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, to Mr. Oloyede’s office in Bwari area of Abuja.
Mr. Obafemi described NAL as an intellectual organisation with the mandate to promote research and scholarship at the highest level in all branches of humanities.
He said Mr. Oloyede was an active and dynamic member and a fellow of NAL.
“The appointment of Prof. Is-haq Oloyede is a highly merited one not because he is a former Vice Chancellor but because he has distinguished himself in Nigeria; it is a merited appointment considering his profile and pedigree,” Mr. Obafemi said.
He said the Academy’s visit was to assure Mr. Oloyede of its support and collaboration.
“Oloyede is extremely gifted intellectually and he is also very hardworking and he would perform in whatever capacity he is appointed to work,” Mr. Obafemi said.