The Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) has announced a postponement of its 2024 examination.
Prof. Ademola Adeleke, the board’s registrar, announced this in a statement sent to journalists in Lagos on Friday.
According to him, the postponement is due to security concerns in some states across the country as a result of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest, which has been organised by some citizens nationwide.
The registrar disclosed that the examination, which was earlier scheduled for Aug. 5 to Aug. 16, would now take place from Monday, Aug. 19, to Friday, Aug. 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.