The Senate has clarified that there has been no decision made to raise the minimum age requirement for applicants seeking admission to tertiary institutions in the country from 16 years to 18.
Senator Yemi Adaramodu, representing Ekiti Central and serving as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, made this declaration while addressing journalists in Abuja.
His statement comes in response to recent remarks by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, who stated that the Federal Government intended to review and set the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions at 18 years.
Speaking in Abuja during the monitoring of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
