The School of Regulation on the College of Jos has dismissed allegations that the Chairman of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, Prof. Joash Amupitan, manipulated pupil outcomes throughout his tenure as Dean.
The clarification follows claims by former Minister of Youths and Sports Improvement, Solomon Dalung, who alleged that Amupitan “traded off” outcomes of 16 college students within the 2009/2010 tutorial session in favour of “particular college students.”
In an announcement issued by the Dean of the School, Prof. Francis M. Kwede, the college firmly denied the allegations, stating that no such incident occurred within the referenced class or at every other time.
In response to the school, there isn’t any report of consequence manipulation or favouritism, stressing that each one claims suggesting in any other case are “false, baseless, and with out advantage.”
The assertion famous that in Amupitan’s tenure as Dean between 2008 and 2014, vital reforms had been launched, together with the adoption of Excel-based consequence processing, which improved accuracy and decreased delays in compiling college students’ grades.
It added that the innovation was extensively counseled throughout the college and helped be sure that graduating college students met their Nigerian Regulation Faculty schedules with out disruption.
The school additionally rejected claims of victimisation of any pupil, together with Dalung, stating that data present he efficiently accomplished his postgraduate research and obtained his LL.M in 2010.
It additional argued that the allegations had been made in a politically charged context and ought to be seen as partisan rhetoric slightly than factual claims.
“The School is aware of Prof. Amupitan to have performed himself with the very best honour, candour, and integrity,” the assertion mentioned, including that his tenure noticed notable tutorial and infrastructural enhancements.
The college urged the general public to ignore the allegations, insisting there isn’t any proof to help claims of consequence buying and selling or integrity breaches.
By Friday Olokor
Times Nigeria