The University of Abuja has pointedly told the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, that it lacked constitutional powers to meddle in admissions into universities. This was as the university refuted last week’s allegations by the nation’s tertiary institutions’ examination body that it was engaging in “Illegal admissions”, outside the constitutional provisions. Quoting the relevant constitutional provisions guiding the operations of the nation’s university education system,the University of Abuja,in a statement by its Head, information and University Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob, insisted that it was not out of place for it to conduct admissions without JAMB’s input. The Universities Miscellaneous Provisions, (Amendment) Act 2003 7a (ii) states that “The Senate shall have powers in all academic matters including the organization and control, teaching and research, admission of students…” What this means is that the university, not any external body, is guaranteed the powe...