JAMB registrar, Mr. Dibu Ojerinde, has faulted the Nigerian senate's call for that UTME results be valid for 3 years.According to him, such a policy would delay and obstruct the education progress of students across board."There are complexities in this thing, until we areable to clear it. When you say you will use JAMB results for three years, is it an achievement test or aptitude test?However, are we delaying his or her life? Are we postponing his or her life by telling them to stay at home? If by next year he doesn't get the cut off points, what happens?Mr. Ojerinde also said that expressing reservations about the Senate position did not in any way signify opposition to cutting cost."I have nothing against the idea, because we will tell the children, 'those bluffing Polytechnics and College of Education, go there and waste their time', if it is a waste of time."He spoke in Abuja during the opening ceremony of JAMB-UNEB Benchmark on Item Banking.
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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