
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sacked 16 heads of key agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education.
The affected agencies are the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Universal Basic Education Commission ( UBEC), National Examinations Council (NECO), Tertiary Education Trust Fund( TETFUND) and 12 others.
But the President replaced the 16 vacancies and appointed a new Executive Secretary for the National Universities Commission( NUC) whose former boss, Prof. Julius Okojie completed his two-term tenure last week.