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There exists a disagreement between the administration of Modibbo Adama University in Yola State and Professor Sale Mamman, the Minister of Education, regarding the expulsion of a second-year student from the university.
In 2023, Modibbo Adama University administration reportedly dismissed Salihu Usman, citing a discrepancy in the admission process as the reason for his expulsion.
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Modibbo Adama University claimed to have discovered that Usman was mistakenly admitted with an NBAIS (National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies) certificate during a recent verification exercise.
Despite achieving a GPA of 4.47 in the first semester of his 100-level and a 4.8 CGPA in the second semester, Salihu was expelled from Modibbo Adama University following the submission of a report by the university’s screening committee.
However, an investigation on Weekend revealed that Salihu satisfied the university’s cut-off marks by JAMB’s provisions before being admitted to the university.
Salihu, a high-achieving former student of the Atiku Abubakar Centre for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Adamawa, took both the NBAIS and JAMB exams at the college.
Impressed by his exceptional performance, the rector of the institution, Malam Kabiru Sa’ad, informed Malam Muhammadu Sani Jada, a key figure in the establishment of the institution, about Salihu’s academic excellence.
Malam Jada subsequently wrote to the NBAIS headquarters in Kaduna, highlighting Salihu’s achievements and addressing the challenges faced by NBAIS students in Nigerian universities.
Malam Jada also communicated with the Minister of Education, Sale Mamman, and the National University Commission (NUC), providing examples of the difficulties faced by NBAIS students in Nigerian universities.
In response, the Minister of Education directed the university to explain to Malam Muhammadu Jada the reason behind Salihu’s expulsion, attributing it to an admission error.
In a letter to the university management, Malam Jada expressed his astonishment at how a university could admit a student based on an error that took two years to detect.
He questioned why the error wasn’t identified in the first year when the student achieved excellent results, a trend that continued into the second year.
