The Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB, has announced the postponement of its 2024 examinations.
This decision follows the ongoing hunger protest that began on August 1, which has reportedly resulted in fatalities.
Prof. Ademola Adeleke, the board’s registrar, made the announcement in a statement issued to journalists on Friday in Lagos.
He explained that the postponement is due to security concerns in various states caused by the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests.
The exams, initially scheduled from August 5 to August 16, will now be held from Monday, August 19, to Friday, August 30.
“In view of the security situation in some states across the country and the extent to which the constraints on human and vehicular movement would affect the security of our supervisors who have to travel across state boundaries, we are compelled to announce a postponement of the 2024 JUPEB examination.
“This examination, therefore, will now take place from Aug. 19 and end on Friday, Aug. 30.
“A new examination timetable reflecting the new dates will be circulated as soon as possible.
“We plead that these JUPEB Foundation schools located in states where the protest has not created any security challenges and which are ready to conduct the examinations as initially scheduled, bear with us.
“This is to enable us to conduct the examinations simultaneously in all our partner and affiliate universities,” the JUPEB boss said.
The protest, which commenced on Thursday, Aug. 1, would end on Aug.10.
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